Durban panchang, 27 August 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 20:51 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
06:17 to 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 08:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:26 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:37 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 15:31
- Karana Vishti until 08:05, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:26 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:08 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:07 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:31 – 17:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:17 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:10 – 15:24
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. 04:36 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:51 Cancer
- 05:51 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 08:40 Virgo
- 08:40 – 10:14 Libra
- 10:14 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 16:46 Capricorn
- 16:46 – 19:04 Aquarius
- 19:04 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:05 next day Gemini
- 04:05 – 05:47 next day Cancer
- 05:47 – 06:16 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