Durban panchang, 9 August 2029
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 05:51 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
06:35 to 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:16
- 16:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:27 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 03:55 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:29 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:52, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:57 – 03:29 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 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. 04:50 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:35 – 16:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 16:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 03:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:20 Gemini
- 05:20 – 07:01 Cancer
- 07:01 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 11:25 Libra
- 11:25 – 13:20 Scorpio
- 13:20 – 15:35 Sagittarius
- 15:35 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 22:33 Pisces
- 22:33 – 00:53 next day Aries
- 00:53 – 03:12 next day Taurus
- 03:12 – 05:16 next day Gemini
- 05:16 – 06:34 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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