Durban panchang, 5 April 2029
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 23:20 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
06:09 to 17:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:27
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:46 to 06:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:54
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:29 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 20:34
- Karana Bava until 09:54, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:55 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:27
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. 04:31 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:34 Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:52 Pisces
- 06:52 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 19:41 Libra
- 19:41 – 21:36 Scorpio
- 21:36 – 23:51 Sagittarius
- 23:51 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 06:10 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