Durban panchang, 7 January 2029
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:29 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
05:04 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 15:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:59 to 05:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:51 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:54
- Karana Balava until 15:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:51 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
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. 03:43 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:04 – 15:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:04 – 15:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:48 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:05 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
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:40 Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 08:02 Capricorn
- 08:02 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:22 next day Scorpio
- 03:22 – 05:05 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