Durban panchang, 9 January 2029
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 00:09 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
05:06 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- 11:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:27 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:50
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:07 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:27
- Karana Vanija until 11:38, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:47
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:27 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:48 – 00:49 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. 03:45 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 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
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Char | 08:34 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:33 Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 22:21 Leo
- 22:21 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 01:19 next day Libra
- 01:19 – 03:14 next day Scorpio
- 03:14 – 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