Durban panchang, 27 August 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 02:38 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
06:18 to 17:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:12
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:37 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 11:55
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 06:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 12:56
- Karana Vishti until 11:55, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:37 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:55 – 06:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:37 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 07:19 Leo
- 07:19 – 08:42 Virgo
- 08:42 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:11 Scorpio
- 12:11 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:48 Capricorn
- 16:48 – 19:06 Aquarius
- 19:06 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 23:44 Aries
- 23:44 – 02:04 next day Taurus
- 02:04 – 04:07 next day Gemini
- 04:07 – 05:49 next day Cancer
- 05:49 – 06:17 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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