Durban panchang, 12 January 2029
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 02:40 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
05:08 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:15
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:59 to 05:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:53
- Karana Gara until 07:56, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:08 – 11:26
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. 03:47 – 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
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:08 – 06:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:09 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
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:21 Sagittarius
- 05:21 – 07:42 Capricorn
- 07:42 – 10:01 Aquarius
- 10:01 – 12:18 Pisces
- 12:18 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:07 next day Libra
- 01:07 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:09 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