Durban panchang, 20 August 2027
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 20:31 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
06:25 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:09
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:33 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:09 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 15:23, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:38 – 15:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:34 – 01:34 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. 04:42 – 05:34
- 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 17:33 – 20:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:20 Cancer
- 06:20 – 07:46 Leo
- 07:46 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 10:44 Libra
- 10:44 – 12:39 Scorpio
- 12:39 – 14:54 Sagittarius
- 14:54 – 17:15 Capricorn
- 17:15 – 19:34 Aquarius
- 19:34 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 00:12 next day Aries
- 00:12 – 02:31 next day Taurus
- 02:31 – 04:35 next day Gemini
- 04:35 – 06:16 next day Cancer
- 06:16 – 06:24 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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