Durban panchang, 20 January 2029
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 10:17 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:32
- 05:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:26 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:58 to 05:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:45 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 05:40
- Karana Kaulava until 16:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:45 – 05:16 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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 00:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:16 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:49 Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 07:11 Capricorn
- 07:11 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 23:01 Virgo
- 23:01 – 00:35 next day Libra
- 00:35 – 02:30 next day Scorpio
- 02:30 – 04:45 next day Sagittarius
- 04:45 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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