Durban panchang, 15 August 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 15:59 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
06:30 to 17:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:30
- 16:58 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:30 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:59 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 16:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:07
- Karana Gara until 17:41, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:58 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:30
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. 04:46 – 05:38
- 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 17:30 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 16:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 16:58
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:58 Gemini
- 04:58 – 06:40 Cancer
- 06:40 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:04 Libra
- 11:04 – 12:59 Scorpio
- 12:59 – 15:13 Sagittarius
- 15:13 – 17:35 Capricorn
- 17:35 – 19:53 Aquarius
- 19:53 – 22:11 Pisces
- 22:11 – 00:32 next day Aries
- 00:32 – 02:51 next day Taurus
- 02:51 – 04:54 next day Gemini
- 04:54 – 06:29 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