Durban panchang, 9 July 2029
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 04:50 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
06:52 to 17:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:06
Night
17:09 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:30 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 17:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:53, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:30 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:06
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 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:52 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:35 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:09 | Good |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:18 Taurus
- 05:18 – 07:22 Gemini
- 07:22 – 09:03 Cancer
- 09:03 – 10:29 Leo
- 10:29 – 11:53 Virgo
- 11:53 – 13:27 Libra
- 13:27 – 15:22 Scorpio
- 15:22 – 17:37 Sagittarius
- 17:37 – 19:58 Capricorn
- 19:58 – 22:17 Aquarius
- 22:17 – 00:35 next day Pisces
- 00:35 – 02:55 next day Aries
- 02:55 – 05:14 next day Taurus
- 05:14 – 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