Durban panchang, 15 August 2029
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 09:39 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
06:30 to 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:17 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:30 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:17
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 08:17
- Karana Taitila until 12:17, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:17 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:56 Gemini
- 04:56 – 06:38 Cancer
- 06:38 – 08:04 Leo
- 08:04 – 09:27 Virgo
- 09:27 – 11:02 Libra
- 11:02 – 12:57 Scorpio
- 12:57 – 15:12 Sagittarius
- 15:12 – 17:33 Capricorn
- 17:33 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 22:09 Pisces
- 22:09 – 00:30 next day Aries
- 00:30 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 04:53 next day Gemini
- 04:53 – 06:29 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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