Durban panchang, 8 August 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 10:11 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:26
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:26 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:52 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 17:41
- Karana Gara until 07:07, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:26
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:52 – 06:36 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:51 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:36 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:26 Gemini
- 05:26 – 07:07 Cancer
- 07:07 – 08:33 Leo
- 08:33 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 11:31 Libra
- 11:31 – 13:26 Scorpio
- 13:26 – 15:41 Sagittarius
- 15:41 – 18:02 Capricorn
- 18:02 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 22:38 Pisces
- 22:38 – 00:59 next day Aries
- 00:59 – 03:18 next day Taurus
- 03:18 – 05:22 next day Gemini
- 05:22 – 06:36 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method