Durban panchang, 2 May 2029
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 21:08 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
06:26 to 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:14
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 06:35
- Karana Kaulava until 12:06, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 13:31 Cancer
- 13:31 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 17:54 Libra
- 17:54 – 19:49 Scorpio
- 19:49 – 22:04 Sagittarius
- 22:04 – 00:26 next day Capricorn
- 00:26 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:27 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