Durban panchang, 22 August 2029
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 16:15 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
06:23 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:22
- 15:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:34 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 03:18 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:09 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:54
- Karana Gara until 15:10, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:42 – 15:31 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 02:09 – 06:22 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 02:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 07:36 Leo
- 07:36 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 10:34 Libra
- 10:34 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 17:05 Capricorn
- 17:05 – 19:24 Aquarius
- 19:24 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 00:02 next day Aries
- 00:02 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 06:06 next day Cancer
- 06:06 – 06:22 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