Durban panchang, 7 February 2029
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:48 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
05:31 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:15 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:48 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 09:55
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:15 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:42
- Karana Gara until 09:55, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:15 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:42 – 18:18
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. 04:05 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:31 – 17:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:31 – 17:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 06:00 Capricorn
- 06:00 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 10:36 Pisces
- 10:36 – 12:57 Aries
- 12:57 – 15:16 Taurus
- 15:16 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:01 Cancer
- 19:01 – 20:27 Leo
- 20:27 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 23:25 Libra
- 23:25 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:35 next day Sagittarius
- 03:35 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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