Durban panchang, 2 April 2029
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 20:22 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
06:08 to 17:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:29
- 08:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:19
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 08:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:32 – 23:54 next day
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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:38 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:50 | Good |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:46 Aquarius
- 04:46 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 21:47 Scorpio
- 21:47 – 00:02 next day Sagittarius
- 00:02 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:08 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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