Durban panchang, 19 April 2029
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 11:07 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
06:18 to 17:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:16
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:31 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:17
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:05 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 12:00
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:00 – 06:18 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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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 17:31 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 09:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:00 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:42 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:43 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 08:18 Aries
- 08:18 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 18:46 Libra
- 18:46 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 03:35 next day Aquarius
- 03:35 – 05:53 next day Pisces
- 05:53 – 06:18 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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