Durban panchang, 15 July 2029
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:09 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:55 – 17:13
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:13 to 06:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:06
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:38 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 12:06, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:59 – 13:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:07 – 12:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:13
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 06:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:38 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:55 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:58 Gemini
- 06:58 – 08:40 Cancer
- 08:40 – 10:06 Leo
- 10:06 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 13:03 Libra
- 13:03 – 14:58 Scorpio
- 14:58 – 17:13 Sagittarius
- 17:13 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 21:53 Aquarius
- 21:53 – 00:11 next day Pisces
- 00:11 – 02:32 next day Aries
- 02:32 – 04:51 next day Taurus
- 04:51 – 06:50 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