Durban panchang, 1 September 2029
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 00:28 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
06:11 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:48
- 06:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 06:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:27
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 19:38
- Karana Balava until 06:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:38 – 20:50
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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:11 – 23:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 23:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:27 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 06:57 Leo
- 06:57 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 09:55 Libra
- 09:55 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 14:05 Sagittarius
- 14:05 – 16:26 Capricorn
- 16:26 – 18:45 Aquarius
- 18:45 – 21:02 Pisces
- 21:02 – 23:23 Aries
- 23:23 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 06:10 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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