Durban panchang, 31 August 2029
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:39 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
06:13 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:13
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:39 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:31
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:07
- Karana Bava until 17:31, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:07 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:13
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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 17:39 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 21:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:13 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:01 Leo
- 07:01 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 09:59 Libra
- 09:59 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 21:06 Pisces
- 21:06 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:46 next day Taurus
- 01:46 – 03:50 next day Gemini
- 03:50 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 06:11 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