Durban panchang, 3 September 2027
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 07:32 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:14
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:40 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:46 Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:49
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 07:26
- Karana Gara until 10:49, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:46 Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:23 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:10 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:25 Cancer
- 05:25 – 06:51 Leo
- 06:51 – 08:15 Virgo
- 08:15 – 09:49 Libra
- 09:49 – 11:44 Scorpio
- 11:44 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 16:20 Capricorn
- 16:20 – 18:39 Aquarius
- 18:39 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:36 next day Taurus
- 01:36 – 03:40 next day Gemini
- 03:40 – 05:21 next day Cancer
- 05:21 – 06:09 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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