Durban panchang, 4 August 2029
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 01:44 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
06:39 to 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:43
- 10:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:04 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 12:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:19
- Karana Vanija until 17:21, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:04 – 06:39 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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 12:54 – 06:04 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:54 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:39 next day | Good |
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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:40 Gemini
- 05:40 – 07:21 Cancer
- 07:21 – 08:47 Leo
- 08:47 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 11:45 Libra
- 11:45 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:55 Sagittarius
- 15:55 – 18:16 Capricorn
- 18:16 – 20:35 Aquarius
- 20:35 – 22:52 Pisces
- 22:52 – 01:13 next day Aries
- 01:13 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 05:36 next day Gemini
- 05:36 – 06:39 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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