Durban panchang, 24 August 2029
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 18:09 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
06:21 to 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:11
- 14:45 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:35 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 04:49 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 04:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:45
- Karana Balava until 16:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:45 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:11
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 07:28 Leo
- 07:28 – 08:52 Virgo
- 08:52 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 16:57 Capricorn
- 16:57 – 19:16 Aquarius
- 19:16 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:54 Aries
- 23:54 – 02:14 next day Taurus
- 02:14 – 04:17 next day Gemini
- 04:17 – 05:58 next day Cancer
- 05:58 – 06:19 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