Durban panchang, 2 September 2029
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 01:21 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
06:10 to 17:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:40
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:29 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:40 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:47
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:18 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 19:42
- Karana Taitila until 08:12, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:29 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:42 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:40
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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:10 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:27 Cancer
- 05:27 – 06:53 Leo
- 06:53 – 08:17 Virgo
- 08:17 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 11:46 Scorpio
- 11:46 – 14:01 Sagittarius
- 14:01 – 16:22 Capricorn
- 16:22 – 18:41 Aquarius
- 18:41 – 20:58 Pisces
- 20:58 – 23:19 Aries
- 23:19 – 01:38 next day Taurus
- 01:38 – 03:42 next day Gemini
- 03:42 – 05:23 next day Cancer
- 05:23 – 06:09 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