Durban panchang, 8 January 2029
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:59 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
05:05 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:49 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:12
- 13:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:30 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 14:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 18:06
- Karana Taitila until 13:26, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:05 – 14:13
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. 03:44 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:37 Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 07:58 Capricorn
- 07:58 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 23:49 Virgo
- 23:49 – 01:23 next day Libra
- 01:23 – 03:18 next day Scorpio
- 03:18 – 05:06 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