Durban panchang, 21 April 2029
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 12:38 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
06:19 to 17:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:41
- 07:48 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:29 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:04
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:53
- Karana Vanija until 10:04, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:48 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:04 – 21:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:41
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:53 – 01:53 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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 15:40 Leo
- 15:40 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 18:38 Libra
- 18:38 – 20:33 Scorpio
- 20:33 – 22:48 Sagittarius
- 22:48 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 06:20 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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