Durban panchang, 2 January 2029
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 20:28 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
05:00 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:14
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:59 to 05:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:36
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:02
- Karana Gara until 15:36, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:02 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 13:33 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. 03:40 – 04:20
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:36 – 05:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:14 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Char | 08:30 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:14 | Good |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:45 Scorpio
- 03:45 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 08:21 Capricorn
- 08:21 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 01:46 next day Libra
- 01:46 – 03:41 next day Scorpio
- 03:41 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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