Durban panchang, 25 May 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 15:02 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 17:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:46
- 10:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 10:44 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:45 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:39 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:44 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:29
- Karana Kaulava until 16:45, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 10:44 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:39 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:39 – 16:45 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. 04:51 – 05:46
- 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 17:04 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:56 Aries
- 05:56 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 13:26 Leo
- 13:26 – 14:50 Virgo
- 14:50 – 16:24 Libra
- 16:24 – 18:19 Scorpio
- 18:19 – 20:34 Sagittarius
- 20:34 – 22:55 Capricorn
- 22:55 – 01:14 next day Aquarius
- 01:14 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:52 next day Aries
- 05:52 – 06:41 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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