Durban panchang, 7 May 2029
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 01:01 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
06:29 to 17:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:05
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:14 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:30 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:10 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:07 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 03:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:04, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:30 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:05
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:04 – 04:10 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:30 – 04:23 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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:14 | Good |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:46 Pisces
- 04:46 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 17:35 Libra
- 17:35 – 19:30 Scorpio
- 19:30 – 21:45 Sagittarius
- 21:45 – 00:06 next day Capricorn
- 00:06 – 02:25 next day Aquarius
- 02:25 – 04:42 next day Pisces
- 04:42 – 06:30 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