Durban panchang, 23 January 2029
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 12:59 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
05:18 to 18:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:14
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 05:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:27
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 06:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:56
- Karana Bava until 10:27, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:23 – 12:38
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. 03:55 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:18 – 06:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:18 – 06:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 10:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 01:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:18 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:38 Sagittarius
- 04:38 – 06:59 Capricorn
- 06:59 – 09:17 Aquarius
- 09:17 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:00 Cancer
- 20:00 – 21:26 Leo
- 21:26 – 22:50 Virgo
- 22:50 – 00:24 next day Libra
- 00:24 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:34 next day Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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