Durban panchang, 24 May 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 14:20 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
06:40 to 17:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:59 Moon enters Libra
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:40
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:15
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:59 Moon enters Libra
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:15 – 10:29 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:05 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:47 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:00 Aries
- 06:00 – 08:19 Taurus
- 08:19 – 10:23 Gemini
- 10:23 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 13:30 Leo
- 13:30 – 14:54 Virgo
- 14:54 – 16:28 Libra
- 16:28 – 18:23 Scorpio
- 18:23 – 20:38 Sagittarius
- 20:38 – 22:59 Capricorn
- 22:59 – 01:18 next day Aquarius
- 01:18 – 03:35 next day Pisces
- 03:35 – 05:56 next day Aries
- 05:56 – 06:40 next day Taurus
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