Durban panchang, 14 January 2029
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 04:41 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
05:10 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 05:56 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 07:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:20 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:59 to 05:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:24 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 19:24
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:56
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:17, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:56 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 07:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:20 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:24 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:00 – 06:12 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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:32
- 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 12:07 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:53 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:16 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:11 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
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:13 Sagittarius
- 05:13 – 07:34 Capricorn
- 07:34 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 18:54 Gemini
- 18:54 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 23:25 Virgo
- 23:25 – 00:59 next day Libra
- 00:59 – 02:54 next day Scorpio
- 02:54 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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