Durban panchang, 8 May 2029
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 01:54 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
06:30 to 17:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:11 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:33 – 15:53
Night
17:14 to 06:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:32 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 04:23 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:20, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:23 – 05:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 23:58
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. 04:44 – 05:37
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:58 – 06:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:58 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:30 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Char | 09:11 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 15:53 | Good |
| Rog | 15:53 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:33 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 07:03 Aries
- 07:03 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 17:31 Libra
- 17:31 – 19:26 Scorpio
- 19:26 – 21:41 Sagittarius
- 21:41 – 00:02 next day Capricorn
- 00:02 – 02:21 next day Aquarius
- 02:21 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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