Durban panchang, 10 August 2029
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 06:30 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:06
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:01 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:27 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:42 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 00:38 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:52, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:01 Moon enters Leo
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:38 – 11:03 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 15:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:01 – 06:34 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. 04:49 – 05:42
- 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 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 01:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:27 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:16 Gemini
- 05:16 – 06:57 Cancer
- 06:57 – 08:23 Leo
- 08:23 – 09:47 Virgo
- 09:47 – 11:21 Libra
- 11:21 – 13:16 Scorpio
- 13:16 – 15:31 Sagittarius
- 15:31 – 17:53 Capricorn
- 17:53 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 22:29 Pisces
- 22:29 – 00:49 next day Aries
- 00:49 – 03:09 next day Taurus
- 03:09 – 05:12 next day Gemini
- 05:12 – 06:34 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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