Durban panchang, 30 March 2029
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 17:57 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
06:06 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:25
- 14:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:49 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:53 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:28 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 17:55
- Karana Balava until 14:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:49 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:55 – 21:31
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. 04:28 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 00:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 07:16 Pisces
- 07:16 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 13:59 Gemini
- 13:59 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:04 Libra
- 20:04 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:07 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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