Durban panchang, 27 July 2029
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 19:23 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
06:45 to 17:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:00
- 07:01 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:19 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:09 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:32, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:01 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:52 – 16:20 next day
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. 04:57 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:19 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:19 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:11 Gemini
- 06:11 – 07:52 Cancer
- 07:52 – 09:19 Leo
- 09:19 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:16 Libra
- 12:16 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:48 Capricorn
- 18:48 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 23:24 Pisces
- 23:24 – 01:44 next day Aries
- 01:44 – 04:04 next day Taurus
- 04:04 – 06:07 next day Gemini
- 06:07 – 06:44 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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