Durban panchang, 25 August 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 00:32 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
06:20 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:22
- 08:58 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:19
- Karana Kaulava until 15:50, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:58 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 08:58
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 08:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:58 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:00 Cancer
- 06:00 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 08:50 Virgo
- 08:50 – 10:24 Libra
- 10:24 – 12:19 Scorpio
- 12:19 – 14:34 Sagittarius
- 14:34 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 19:14 Aquarius
- 19:14 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 02:11 next day Taurus
- 02:11 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 05:56 next day Cancer
- 05:56 – 06:19 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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