Durban panchang, 3 August 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 00:49 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
06:40 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:03
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:02 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:23 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:28 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:22 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 09:42
- Karana Taitila until 15:29, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:02 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:03
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. 04:54 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:44 Gemini
- 05:44 – 07:25 Cancer
- 07:25 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:59 Sagittarius
- 15:59 – 18:20 Capricorn
- 18:20 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 22:56 Pisces
- 22:56 – 01:17 next day Aries
- 01:17 – 03:36 next day Taurus
- 03:36 – 05:40 next day Gemini
- 05:40 – 06:39 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