Durban panchang, 20 March 2029
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 10:33 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
06:00 to 18:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:04 – 16:35
- 06:11 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:05 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:18
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:05 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:29
- Karana Balava until 18:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:11 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:35
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 02:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:05 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:00 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:04 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:35 Taurus
- 12:35 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 17:46 Leo
- 17:46 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 20:43 Libra
- 20:43 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:01 next day Pisces
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