Durban panchang, 30 April 2029
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 19:03 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
06:25 to 17:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:09
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:20 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 02:57 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 12:23
- Karana Vanija until 16:15, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:23 – 22:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:09
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 16:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 15:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:58 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 18:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:14 Pisces
- 05:14 – 07:34 Aries
- 07:34 – 09:54 Taurus
- 09:54 – 11:57 Gemini
- 11:57 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 16:28 Virgo
- 16:28 – 18:02 Libra
- 18:02 – 19:57 Scorpio
- 19:57 – 22:12 Sagittarius
- 22:12 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 05:10 next day Pisces
- 05:10 – 06:25 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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