Durban panchang, 4 January 2029
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 21:42 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
05:02 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:02 – 06:46
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:12
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 05:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:10 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:19
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 09:07
- Karana Balava until 11:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:12
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. 03:41 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:19 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:31 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:52 Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 01:38 next day Libra
- 01:38 – 03:33 next day Scorpio
- 03:33 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
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