Durban panchang, 14 April 2029
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 06:38 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:46
- 12:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:36 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:03 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:38 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 12:52, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:46
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:36 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 08:37 Aries
- 08:37 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:00 Gemini
- 13:00 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:05 Libra
- 19:05 – 21:00 Scorpio
- 21:00 – 23:15 Sagittarius
- 23:15 – 01:36 next day Capricorn
- 01:36 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 06:13 next day Pisces
- 06:13 – 06:15 next day Aries
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