Durban panchang, 7 April 2029
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 00:20 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
06:11 to 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:51
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:44 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:29 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 19:37
- Karana Gara until 10:50, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:51
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:11 – 10:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:50 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 09:05 Aries
- 09:05 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 19:33 Libra
- 19:33 – 21:28 Scorpio
- 21:28 – 23:43 Sagittarius
- 23:43 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 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