Durban panchang, 27 April 2029
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 16:28 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
06:23 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:00
- 14:19 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:25 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:23 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:25
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 00:17 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:25, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:19 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:34 – 05:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:00
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. 04:39 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:13 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 07:46 Aries
- 07:46 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:14 Libra
- 18:14 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:45 next day Capricorn
- 00:45 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 05:22 next day Pisces
- 05:22 – 06:23 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