Durban panchang, 13 June 2029
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 07:50 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:12
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:02 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 06:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 06:33 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 00:43 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 15:03
- Karana Balava until 18:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 06:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:34 – 09:40
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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:49 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:01 Taurus
- 07:01 – 09:04 Gemini
- 09:04 – 10:45 Cancer
- 10:45 – 12:12 Leo
- 12:12 – 13:35 Virgo
- 13:35 – 15:09 Libra
- 15:09 – 17:04 Scorpio
- 17:04 – 19:19 Sagittarius
- 19:19 – 21:41 Capricorn
- 21:41 – 23:59 Aquarius
- 23:59 – 02:17 next day Pisces
- 02:17 – 04:37 next day Aries
- 04:37 – 06:50 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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