Durban panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 18:42 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
06:27 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- 11:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:32 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 11:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:45 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:52
- Karana Kaulava until 11:46, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
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. 04:44 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:46 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:47 Gemini
- 04:47 – 06:28 Cancer
- 06:28 – 07:54 Leo
- 07:54 – 09:18 Virgo
- 09:18 – 10:52 Libra
- 10:52 – 12:47 Scorpio
- 12:47 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 17:23 Capricorn
- 17:23 – 19:42 Aquarius
- 19:42 – 21:59 Pisces
- 21:59 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:39 next day Taurus
- 02:39 – 04:43 next day Gemini
- 04:43 – 06:24 next day Cancer
- 06:24 – 06:26 next day Leo
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