Durban panchang, 30 August 2029
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 23:34 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
06:14 to 17:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 15:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:38 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:11
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:17
- Karana Vanija until 15:11, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:17 – 21:53
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 18:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:08 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:13 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:05 Leo
- 07:05 – 08:29 Virgo
- 08:29 – 10:03 Libra
- 10:03 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 14:13 Sagittarius
- 14:13 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 21:10 Pisces
- 21:10 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:50 next day Taurus
- 01:50 – 03:54 next day Gemini
- 03:54 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 06:13 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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