Durban panchang, 27 March 2029
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 16:01 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 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:28
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:57 to 06:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 01:49 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 10:36
- Karana Balava until 15:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:36 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:28
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 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:23 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:49 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:04 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:34 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 07:27 Pisces
- 07:27 – 09:48 Aries
- 09:48 – 12:07 Taurus
- 12:07 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 17:18 Leo
- 17:18 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:16 Libra
- 20:16 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:47 next day Capricorn
- 02:47 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:05 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