Durban panchang, 16 August 2029
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 10:25 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
06:29 to 17:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:18
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:31 to 06:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:04 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:46 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 02:32 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:58, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:04 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:18
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. 04:45 – 05:37
- 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 17:31 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:46 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:53 Gemini
- 04:53 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 10:58 Libra
- 10:58 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 17:29 Capricorn
- 17:29 – 19:48 Aquarius
- 19:48 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 00:26 next day Aries
- 00:26 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:49 next day Gemini
- 04:49 – 06:28 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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