Durban panchang, 20 June 2029
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 12:18 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
06:51 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:13
- 09:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:03 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:21
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 22:08
- Karana Balava until 09:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:13
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:08 – 08:33 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:33 Taurus
- 06:33 – 08:37 Gemini
- 08:37 – 10:18 Cancer
- 10:18 – 11:44 Leo
- 11:44 – 13:08 Virgo
- 13:08 – 14:42 Libra
- 14:42 – 16:37 Scorpio
- 16:37 – 18:52 Sagittarius
- 18:52 – 21:13 Capricorn
- 21:13 – 23:32 Aquarius
- 23:32 – 01:49 next day Pisces
- 01:49 – 04:10 next day Aries
- 04:10 – 06:29 next day Taurus
- 06:29 – 06:52 next day Gemini
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