Durban panchang, 13 March 2029
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 04:17 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
05:56 to 18:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:41
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:00 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:14 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 15:07
- Karana Vishti until 15:00, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:00 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:00 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 06:27
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 05:56 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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:41 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:05 Aquarius
- 06:05 – 08:22 Pisces
- 08:22 – 10:43 Aries
- 10:43 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:06 Gemini
- 15:06 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 18:13 Leo
- 18:13 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:42 next day Capricorn
- 03:42 – 05:56 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