Durban panchang, 16 August 2027
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 16:54 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
06:29 to 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:18
- 06:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:31 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:10
- Karana Vanija until 06:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:18
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. 04:45 – 05:37
- 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 17:31 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 20:04
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:54 Gemini
- 04:54 – 06:36 Cancer
- 06:36 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 11:00 Libra
- 11:00 – 12:55 Scorpio
- 12:55 – 15:10 Sagittarius
- 15:10 – 17:31 Capricorn
- 17:31 – 19:49 Aquarius
- 19:49 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 00:28 next day Aries
- 00:28 – 02:47 next day Taurus
- 02:47 – 04:51 next day Gemini
- 04:51 – 06:28 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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