Durban panchang, 17 April 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 09:23 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
06:17 to 17:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:08
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:33 to 06:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:19
- Nakshatra Krittika until 07:56 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:21 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:19, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:08
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 07:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 06:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:56 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:33 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:05 Pisces
- 06:05 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 18:53 Libra
- 18:53 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 23:03 Sagittarius
- 23:03 – 01:25 next day Capricorn
- 01:25 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 06:01 next day Pisces
- 06:01 – 06:17 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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