Durban panchang, 16 April 2029
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 08:28 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
06:16 to 17:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:18
- 12:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:34 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:19 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 07:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:20, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:18
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:34 | Good |
| Char | 17:34 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 12:52 Gemini
- 12:52 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 18:57 Libra
- 18:57 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 23:07 Sagittarius
- 23:07 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:17 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