Durban panchang, 19 March 2029
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 09:38 Chaitra (adhika) month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:41
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:08 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:08
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:31 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 19:53
- Karana Vishti until 16:08, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
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) 19:06 – 19:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:53 – 21:05
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. 04:24 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 23:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 10:19 Aries
- 10:19 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 17:50 Leo
- 17:50 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:00 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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