Durban panchang, 24 August 2027
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:35 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
06:21 to 17:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:11
- 09:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:08 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:35 to 06:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 09:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:18
- Karana Bava until 16:55, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:08 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:18 – 23:54
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 09:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:07 – 06:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:55 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:21 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:45 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:44 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 07:30 Leo
- 07:30 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 10:28 Libra
- 10:28 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:59 Capricorn
- 16:59 – 19:18 Aquarius
- 19:18 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:56 Aries
- 23:56 – 02:15 next day Taurus
- 02:15 – 04:19 next day Gemini
- 04:19 – 06:00 next day Cancer
- 06:00 – 06:20 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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