Durban panchang, 26 August 2029
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 19:57 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
06:18 to 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:36
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:36 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:57
- Karana Vanija until 19:07, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:57 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:07 – 08:05 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. 04:37 – 05:27
- 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 17:36 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:43 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 08:44 Virgo
- 08:44 – 10:18 Libra
- 10:18 – 12:13 Scorpio
- 12:13 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:50 Capricorn
- 16:50 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 23:46 Aries
- 23:46 – 02:06 next day Taurus
- 02:06 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 06:17 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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