Durban panchang, 25 July 2029
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 17:25 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
06:46 to 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:35 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:59
- Karana Bava until 15:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
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. 04:58 – 05:52
- 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 17:18 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:19 Gemini
- 06:19 – 08:00 Cancer
- 08:00 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:34 Sagittarius
- 16:34 – 18:55 Capricorn
- 18:55 – 21:14 Aquarius
- 21:14 – 23:32 Pisces
- 23:32 – 01:52 next day Aries
- 01:52 – 04:11 next day Taurus
- 04:11 – 06:15 next day Gemini
- 06:15 – 06:45 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