Durban panchang, 3 March 2029
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 20:06 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:49 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:16
- 06:05 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:46 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:25 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:14
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 08:11
- Karana Vishti until 08:14, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:05 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:46 Moon enters Libra
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:49 – 06:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 03:32 next day
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. 04:18 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:14 – 04:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:32 – 05:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:32 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:49 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:25 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:26 Capricorn
- 04:26 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 09:02 Pisces
- 09:02 – 11:22 Aries
- 11:22 – 13:42 Taurus
- 13:42 – 15:45 Gemini
- 15:45 – 17:26 Cancer
- 17:26 – 18:53 Leo
- 18:53 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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