Durban panchang, 31 March 2029
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 18:40 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
06:07 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:56
- 10:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:52 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:41
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:44 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:34
- Karana Taitila until 10:32, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:56
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 13:44
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- 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 17:52 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:44 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:44 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:07 next day | Good |
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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:54 Aquarius
- 04:54 – 07:12 Pisces
- 07:12 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 15:36 Cancer
- 15:36 – 17:02 Leo
- 17:02 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:00 Libra
- 20:00 – 21:55 Scorpio
- 21:55 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:50 next day Aquarius
- 04:50 – 06:07 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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