Durban panchang, 9 May 2029
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 02:46 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 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:12
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:13 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 05:20 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 05:20 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 05:20 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:58 – 06:31 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. 04:44 – 05:37
- 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 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:31 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 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:59 Aries
- 06:59 – 09:18 Taurus
- 09:18 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 14:29 Leo
- 14:29 – 15:53 Virgo
- 15:53 – 17:27 Libra
- 17:27 – 19:22 Scorpio
- 19:22 – 21:37 Sagittarius
- 21:37 – 23:58 Capricorn
- 23:58 – 02:17 next day Aquarius
- 02:17 – 04:34 next day Pisces
- 04:34 – 06:31 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