Durban panchang, 11 August 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 12:20 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
06:34 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:23
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:28 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:29 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 21:29
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:04 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 16:35
- Karana Taitila until 08:39, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:35 – 17:09 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. 04:49 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:28 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:33 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:14 Gemini
- 05:14 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 08:22 Leo
- 08:22 – 09:45 Virgo
- 09:45 – 11:19 Libra
- 11:19 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:29 Sagittarius
- 15:29 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 00:47 next day Aries
- 00:47 – 03:07 next day Taurus
- 03:07 – 05:10 next day Gemini
- 05:10 – 06:33 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