Durban panchang, 1 January 2029
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 19:46 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:44 – 08:29
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:11
- 06:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:42 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:42 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:59 to 05:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:23
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:27 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 17:42
- Karana Balava until 06:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:42 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:42 – 15:02 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. 03:39 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:27 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:29 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:00 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
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 03:49 Scorpio
- 03:49 – 06:04 Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 01:50 next day Libra
- 01:50 – 03:45 next day Scorpio
- 03:45 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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