Durban panchang, 13 May 2029
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 06:22 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
06:33 to 17:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:10
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:42 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:10 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:42
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:26 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:48
- Karana Naga until 15:42, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:42 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:33 – 11:26
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. 04:46 – 05:39
- 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 17:10 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:34 next day | Good |
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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:43 Aries
- 06:43 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 12:47 Cancer
- 12:47 – 14:13 Leo
- 14:13 – 15:37 Virgo
- 15:37 – 17:11 Libra
- 17:11 – 19:06 Scorpio
- 19:06 – 21:21 Sagittarius
- 21:21 – 23:42 Capricorn
- 23:42 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 04:19 next day Pisces
- 04:19 – 06:34 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