Durban panchang, 26 March 2029
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 15:23 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
06:04 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:35
- 07:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:58 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Leo
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:06
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:04 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:52
- Karana Vanija until 07:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Leo
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:12 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:35
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:04 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 07:31 Pisces
- 07:31 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 15:56 Cancer
- 15:56 – 17:22 Leo
- 17:22 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 20:20 Libra
- 20:20 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:30 next day Sagittarius
- 00:30 – 02:51 next day Capricorn
- 02:51 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:04 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