Durban panchang, 21 March 2029
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 11:28 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
06:01 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:33
- 07:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:04 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:03
- Nakshatra Rohini until 04:13 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 20:45
- Karana Kaulava until 07:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:33
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 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 04:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 04:13 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:03 – 06:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:13 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:33 Aquarius
- 05:33 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:34 Gemini
- 14:34 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 17:42 Leo
- 17:42 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 05:29 next day Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:01 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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