Durban panchang, 23 August 2027
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 23:28 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
06:22 to 17:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:34 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:23
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 08:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:48
- Karana Vanija until 17:23, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:20
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. 04:40 – 05:31
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:41 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:34 | Good |
| Char | 17:34 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 07:34 Leo
- 07:34 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 10:32 Libra
- 10:32 – 12:27 Scorpio
- 12:27 – 14:42 Sagittarius
- 14:42 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 19:22 Aquarius
- 19:22 – 21:40 Pisces
- 21:40 – 00:00 next day Aries
- 00:00 – 02:19 next day Taurus
- 02:19 – 04:23 next day Gemini
- 04:23 – 06:04 next day Cancer
- 06:04 – 06:21 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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