Durban panchang, 3 April 2029
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 21:19 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 17:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:21
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:48 to 06:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:54
- Karana Taitila until 12:04, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:21
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. 04:30 – 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 17:48 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:36 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:48 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:09 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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