Durban panchang, 18 April 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 10:16 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 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:19
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:32 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:09 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:01
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:01, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:09 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:25 – 04:49 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:32 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 10:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 10:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:11 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:18 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 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 14:26 Cancer
- 14:26 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:59 Sagittarius
- 22:59 – 01:21 next day Capricorn
- 01:21 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 06:18 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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