Durban panchang, 30 August 2027
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 05:09 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
06:14 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 12:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:38 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:33 Moon enters Leo
- 22:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 23:11
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:33 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 22:06
- Karana Vishti until 12:57, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:33 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:33 Moon enters Leo
- 22:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:43 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:21
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 – 05:24
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:41 Cancer
- 05:41 – 07:07 Leo
- 07:07 – 08:30 Virgo
- 08:30 – 10:05 Libra
- 10:05 – 12:00 Scorpio
- 12:00 – 14:14 Sagittarius
- 14:14 – 16:36 Capricorn
- 16:36 – 18:54 Aquarius
- 18:54 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 05:37 next day Cancer
- 05:37 – 06:13 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method