Durban panchang, 28 January 2029
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 17:35 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
05:22 to 18:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:06 – 18:00
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:54
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:11 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:54 to 05:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:33 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:32 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:11
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:18 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:33 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:11, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:33 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:32 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:57 – 04:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 05:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:06 – 18:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:54
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. 03:58 – 04:40
- 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 18:54 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:18 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:22 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:03 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:23 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
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:18 Sagittarius
- 04:18 – 06:39 Capricorn
- 06:39 – 08:58 Aquarius
- 08:58 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:55 Taurus
- 15:55 – 17:59 Gemini
- 17:59 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:06 Leo
- 21:06 – 22:30 Virgo
- 22:30 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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