Durban panchang, 22 August 2027
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 22:26 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
06:23 to 17:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:34
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:41 Moon enters Aries
- 17:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:16 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:34 to 06:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:16
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 22:49
- Karana Taitila until 17:16, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:41 Moon enters Aries
- 17:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:34
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 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:41 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:34 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 07:38 Leo
- 07:38 – 09:02 Virgo
- 09:02 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 12:31 Scorpio
- 12:31 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 17:07 Capricorn
- 17:07 – 19:26 Aquarius
- 19:26 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 00:04 next day Aries
- 00:04 – 02:23 next day Taurus
- 02:23 – 04:27 next day Gemini
- 04:27 – 06:08 next day Cancer
- 06:08 – 06:22 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