Durban panchang, 14 August 2029
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 08:58 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
06:31 to 17:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:07
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:30 to 06:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Moon enters Libra
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:51
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:29
- Karana Balava until 14:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Moon enters Libra
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:47 – 20:41
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. 04:47 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:32 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:07 | Good |
| Rog | 16:07 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:30 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:07 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:00 Gemini
- 05:00 – 06:42 Cancer
- 06:42 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:06 Libra
- 11:06 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 00:34 next day Aries
- 00:34 – 02:53 next day Taurus
- 02:53 – 04:56 next day Gemini
- 04:56 – 06:30 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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