Durban panchang, 28 May 2029
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 17:45 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
06:42 to 17:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 07:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:03 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:56 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:39 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:50
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 01:39 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 19:56
- Karana Balava until 07:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:56 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:39 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:03 | Good |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:44 Aries
- 05:44 – 08:03 Taurus
- 08:03 – 10:07 Gemini
- 10:07 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 13:14 Leo
- 13:14 – 14:38 Virgo
- 14:38 – 16:12 Libra
- 16:12 – 18:07 Scorpio
- 18:07 – 20:22 Sagittarius
- 20:22 – 22:43 Capricorn
- 22:43 – 01:02 next day Aquarius
- 01:02 – 03:20 next day Pisces
- 03:20 – 05:40 next day Aries
- 05:40 – 06:42 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