Durban panchang, 9 April 2029
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 02:12 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
06:12 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:24
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:42 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 20:21
- Karana Balava until 14:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:27 – 11:41
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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 17:42 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:36 Pisces
- 06:36 – 08:57 Aries
- 08:57 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:01 Cancer
- 15:01 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 17:51 Virgo
- 17:51 – 19:25 Libra
- 19:25 – 21:20 Scorpio
- 21:20 – 23:35 Sagittarius
- 23:35 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 06:12 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