Durban panchang, 12 August 2029
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 07:44 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
06:33 to 17:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:29
- 09:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:01 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:29 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:24
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 09:47, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:01 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:29
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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:30 – 06:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:30 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:08 Gemini
- 05:08 – 06:49 Cancer
- 06:49 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:13 Libra
- 11:13 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:23 Sagittarius
- 15:23 – 17:45 Capricorn
- 17:45 – 20:03 Aquarius
- 20:03 – 22:21 Pisces
- 22:21 – 00:42 next day Aries
- 00:42 – 03:01 next day Taurus
- 03:01 – 05:04 next day Gemini
- 05:04 – 06:32 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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