Durban panchang, 17 August 2027
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 17:49 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
06:28 to 17:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:08
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:34 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:31 to 06:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:28
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 23:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:07
- Karana Bava until 09:28, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:34 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:07 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:07 – 00:31 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 23:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:02 – 06:27 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. 04:45 – 05:36
- 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
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:28 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:13 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:51 Gemini
- 04:51 – 06:32 Cancer
- 06:32 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 09:22 Virgo
- 09:22 – 10:56 Libra
- 10:56 – 12:51 Scorpio
- 12:51 – 15:06 Sagittarius
- 15:06 – 17:27 Capricorn
- 17:27 – 19:45 Aquarius
- 19:45 – 22:03 Pisces
- 22:03 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:43 next day Taurus
- 02:43 – 04:47 next day Gemini
- 04:47 – 06:27 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