Durban panchang, 29 August 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 04:25 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
06:16 to 17:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:38
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 02:05 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:26, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:37 – 05:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:38
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:05 – 12:06 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:43 – 12:57 next day
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. 04:34 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 06:14 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:45 Cancer
- 05:45 – 07:11 Leo
- 07:11 – 08:34 Virgo
- 08:34 – 10:08 Libra
- 10:08 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 16:40 Capricorn
- 16:40 – 18:58 Aquarius
- 18:58 – 21:16 Pisces
- 21:16 – 23:37 Aries
- 23:37 – 01:56 next day Taurus
- 01:56 – 03:59 next day Gemini
- 03:59 – 05:41 next day Cancer
- 05:41 – 06:14 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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