Durban panchang, 10 March 2029
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 01:27 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
05:54 to 18:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:11
- 06:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:17 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:04 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 14:35
- Karana Bava until 10:13, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:35 – 02:32 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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:04 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 10:55 Aries
- 10:55 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:18 Gemini
- 15:18 – 16:59 Cancer
- 16:59 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 21:23 Libra
- 21:23 – 23:18 Scorpio
- 23:18 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method