Durban panchang, 3 September 2029
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 02:11 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
06:09 to 17:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 09:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:41 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:21
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:22 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 19:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:10, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:10 – 18:00 next day
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- 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 17:41 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 06:49 Leo
- 06:49 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:57 Sagittarius
- 13:57 – 16:18 Capricorn
- 16:18 – 18:37 Aquarius
- 18:37 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 06:08 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