Durban panchang, 11 January 2029
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 01:45 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
05:07 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:07 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:13
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:59 to 05:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:20
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:49
- Karana Kaulava until 08:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:07 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:13
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. 03:46 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:07 – 11:40
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:08 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
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:25 Sagittarius
- 05:25 – 07:46 Capricorn
- 07:46 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 22:13 Leo
- 22:13 – 23:37 Virgo
- 23:37 – 01:11 next day Libra
- 01:11 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:08 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