Durban panchang, 6 August 2029
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 03:32 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
06:38 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:16
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:25 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:03
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:14
- Karana Balava until 07:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:16
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. 04:52 – 05:45
- 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 17:25 – 20:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 16:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 16:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:32 Gemini
- 05:32 – 07:13 Cancer
- 07:13 – 08:39 Leo
- 08:39 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 11:37 Libra
- 11:37 – 13:32 Scorpio
- 13:32 – 15:47 Sagittarius
- 15:47 – 18:08 Capricorn
- 18:08 – 20:27 Aquarius
- 20:27 – 22:44 Pisces
- 22:44 – 01:05 next day Aries
- 01:05 – 03:24 next day Taurus
- 03:24 – 05:28 next day Gemini
- 05:28 – 06:37 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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