Durban panchang, 18 July 2029
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 10:57 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
06:49 to 17:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:20
- 12:55 Moon enters Libra
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 03:05 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:09 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 01:49 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:55 Moon enters Libra
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:20
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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:09 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:49 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:47 Gemini
- 06:47 – 08:28 Cancer
- 08:28 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 12:52 Libra
- 12:52 – 14:47 Scorpio
- 14:47 – 17:02 Sagittarius
- 17:02 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 21:42 Aquarius
- 21:42 – 23:59 Pisces
- 23:59 – 02:20 next day Aries
- 02:20 – 04:39 next day Taurus
- 04:39 – 06:43 next day Gemini
- 06:43 – 06:49 next day Cancer
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