Durban panchang, 1 July 2029
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 22:30 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
06:53 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:06
- 12:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:52 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:37
- Karana Gara until 16:03, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:37 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:52 – 08:19 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:19 – 17:48 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. 05:02 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:38 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:50 Taurus
- 05:50 – 07:53 Gemini
- 07:53 – 09:35 Cancer
- 09:35 – 11:01 Leo
- 11:01 – 12:24 Virgo
- 12:24 – 13:59 Libra
- 13:59 – 15:54 Scorpio
- 15:54 – 18:08 Sagittarius
- 18:08 – 20:30 Capricorn
- 20:30 – 22:48 Aquarius
- 22:48 – 01:06 next day Pisces
- 01:06 – 03:27 next day Aries
- 03:27 – 05:46 next day Taurus
- 05:46 – 06:53 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