Durban panchang, 24 January 2029
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 13:56 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 18:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:50
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:56 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 08:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:13, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:50
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:18 – 08:45
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. 03:56 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:45 – 05:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:45 – 05:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:45 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:19 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 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:34 Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 06:55 Capricorn
- 06:55 – 09:14 Aquarius
- 09:14 – 11:31 Pisces
- 11:31 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 21:22 Leo
- 21:22 – 22:46 Virgo
- 22:46 – 00:20 next day Libra
- 00:20 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:30 next day Sagittarius
- 04:30 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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