Durban panchang, 19 August 2027
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 19:36 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
06:26 to 17:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:26 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:19
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:32 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:09 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:22
- Karana Gara until 13:46, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:38 – 15:23 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. 04:43 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:26 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:32 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:09 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:24 Cancer
- 06:24 – 07:50 Leo
- 07:50 – 09:14 Virgo
- 09:14 – 10:48 Libra
- 10:48 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 17:19 Capricorn
- 17:19 – 19:38 Aquarius
- 19:38 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:35 next day Taurus
- 02:35 – 04:39 next day Gemini
- 04:39 – 06:20 next day Cancer
- 06:20 – 06:25 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