Durban panchang, 4 September 2027
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 08:07 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
06:09 to 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:48
- 08:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:41 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:56
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 02:36 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:56, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 11:19
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- 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 17:41 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 11:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 08:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:19 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:19 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:07 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:21 Cancer
- 05:21 – 06:47 Leo
- 06:47 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 09:45 Libra
- 09:45 – 11:40 Scorpio
- 11:40 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 16:16 Capricorn
- 16:16 – 18:35 Aquarius
- 18:35 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 23:13 Aries
- 23:13 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:36 next day Gemini
- 03:36 – 05:17 next day Cancer
- 05:17 – 06:07 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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