Durban panchang, 26 January 2029
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 15:51 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
05:20 to 18:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:13
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:55 to 05:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 13:43
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 07:17
- Karana Vishti until 13:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:43 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:13
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. 03:57 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 11:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 13:43
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:20 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:26 Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 06:47 Capricorn
- 06:47 – 09:06 Aquarius
- 09:06 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 19:48 Cancer
- 19:48 – 21:14 Leo
- 21:14 – 22:38 Virgo
- 22:38 – 00:12 next day Libra
- 00:12 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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