Durban panchang, 6 April 2029
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:45 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
06:10 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:18
- 06:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:46 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:45 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:20 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 10:00
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:29 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 19:50
- Karana Kaulava until 10:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:46 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:20 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:18
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) 11:34 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:10 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:47 Sagittarius
- 23:47 – 02:08 next day Capricorn
- 02:08 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 06:11 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