Durban panchang, 14 August 2027
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 15:02 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
06:31 to 17:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:45
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:24 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 19:01
- Karana Kaulava until 15:07, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
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. 04:47 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:50 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:24 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:02 Gemini
- 05:02 – 06:44 Cancer
- 06:44 – 08:10 Leo
- 08:10 – 09:33 Virgo
- 09:33 – 11:07 Libra
- 11:07 – 13:02 Scorpio
- 13:02 – 15:17 Sagittarius
- 15:17 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 19:57 Aquarius
- 19:57 – 22:15 Pisces
- 22:15 – 00:36 next day Aries
- 00:36 – 02:55 next day Taurus
- 02:55 – 04:58 next day Gemini
- 04:58 – 06:30 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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