Durban panchang, 4 September 2029
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 02:59 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
06:08 to 17:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:14
- 09:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:41 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:06
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:38 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:00
- Karana Bava until 09:20, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 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
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:28 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:34 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:19 Cancer
- 05:19 – 06:45 Leo
- 06:45 – 08:09 Virgo
- 08:09 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 11:38 Scorpio
- 11:38 – 13:53 Sagittarius
- 13:53 – 16:14 Capricorn
- 16:14 – 18:33 Aquarius
- 18:33 – 20:50 Pisces
- 20:50 – 23:11 Aries
- 23:11 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:34 next day Gemini
- 03:34 – 05:15 next day Cancer
- 05:15 – 06:07 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