Durban panchang, 16 May 2029
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 09:04 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- 07:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:50 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:26
- Karana Taitila until 07:23, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
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. 04:47 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 17:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:32 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:31 Aries
- 06:31 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 15:25 Virgo
- 15:25 – 16:59 Libra
- 16:59 – 18:54 Scorpio
- 18:54 – 21:09 Sagittarius
- 21:09 – 23:31 Capricorn
- 23:31 – 01:49 next day Aquarius
- 01:49 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 06:28 next day Aries
- 06:28 – 06:35 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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