Durban panchang, 31 May 2029
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 20:56 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
06:43 to 17:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:59
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:03 to 06:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Balava until 12:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 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. 04:54 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:53 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:45 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:44 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
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:52 Taurus
- 07:52 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 11:37 Cancer
- 11:37 – 13:03 Leo
- 13:03 – 14:26 Virgo
- 14:26 – 16:00 Libra
- 16:00 – 17:55 Scorpio
- 17:55 – 20:10 Sagittarius
- 20:10 – 22:32 Capricorn
- 22:32 – 00:50 next day Aquarius
- 00:50 – 03:08 next day Pisces
- 03:08 – 05:29 next day Aries
- 05:29 – 06:44 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