Durban panchang, 9 August 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 10:50 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
06:36 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:16
- 06:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:27 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:04
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:57 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 16:46
- Karana Vishti until 06:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:16
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. 04:50 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:57 – 06:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:57 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:35 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:03 Cancer
- 07:03 – 08:29 Leo
- 08:29 – 09:53 Virgo
- 09:53 – 11:27 Libra
- 11:27 – 13:22 Scorpio
- 13:22 – 15:37 Sagittarius
- 15:37 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 20:17 Aquarius
- 20:17 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 00:55 next day Aries
- 00:55 – 03:14 next day Taurus
- 03:14 – 05:18 next day Gemini
- 05:18 – 06:35 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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