Durban panchang, 19 August 2029
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 13:11 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
06:26 to 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:32
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:32 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:59 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:51 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:55
- Karana Vanija until 16:26, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:32
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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 00:51 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 00:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 00:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:49 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 07:48 Leo
- 07:48 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 12:41 Scorpio
- 12:41 – 14:56 Sagittarius
- 14:56 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 19:36 Aquarius
- 19:36 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 00:14 next day Aries
- 00:14 – 02:33 next day Taurus
- 02:33 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 06:18 next day Cancer
- 06:18 – 06:25 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method