Durban panchang, 23 March 2029
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 13:12 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
06:02 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:32
- 09:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:02 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:40 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:40
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:32 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:52
- Karana Vishti until 09:33, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:40 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:32
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:02 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 10:04 Aries
- 10:04 – 12:23 Taurus
- 12:23 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 17:34 Leo
- 17:34 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:42 next day Sagittarius
- 00:42 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:02 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