Durban panchang, 17 August 2029
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 11:16 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
06:28 to 17:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:08
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:31 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:57
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:47 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 00:02 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:57, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:02 – 21:50 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:47 – 06:27 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. 04:44 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:47 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:49 Gemini
- 04:49 – 06:30 Cancer
- 06:30 – 07:56 Leo
- 07:56 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 10:54 Libra
- 10:54 – 12:49 Scorpio
- 12:49 – 15:04 Sagittarius
- 15:04 – 17:25 Capricorn
- 17:25 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:41 next day Taurus
- 02:41 – 04:45 next day Gemini
- 04:45 – 06:26 next day Cancer
- 06:26 – 06:27 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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