Durban panchang, 16 July 2029
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:44 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:08
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:17 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:13 to 06:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:11 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 10:34
- Karana Balava until 09:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:17 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:34 – 21:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:08
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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 03:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:13 | Good |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:54 Gemini
- 06:54 – 08:36 Cancer
- 08:36 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 11:25 Virgo
- 11:25 – 13:00 Libra
- 13:00 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 19:31 Capricorn
- 19:31 – 21:49 Aquarius
- 21:49 – 00:07 next day Pisces
- 00:07 – 02:28 next day Aries
- 02:28 – 04:47 next day Taurus
- 04:47 – 06:50 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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