Durban panchang, 21 August 2027
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 21:27 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
06:24 to 17:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:24 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:46
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:33 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:35
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:41 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:24
- Karana Balava until 16:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:24 – 01:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:24 – 06:23 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:49 – 22:57
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. 04:41 – 05:33
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 16:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:24 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:10 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:16 Cancer
- 06:16 – 07:42 Leo
- 07:42 – 09:06 Virgo
- 09:06 – 10:40 Libra
- 10:40 – 12:35 Scorpio
- 12:35 – 14:50 Sagittarius
- 14:50 – 17:11 Capricorn
- 17:11 – 19:30 Aquarius
- 19:30 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 00:08 next day Aries
- 00:08 – 02:27 next day Taurus
- 02:27 – 04:31 next day Gemini
- 04:31 – 06:12 next day Cancer
- 06:12 – 06:23 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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