Durban panchang, 6 September 2029
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 04:23 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
06:06 to 17:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 07:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:42 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:11
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:48 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:42
- Karana Gara until 07:11, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:48 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:11 – 00:48 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:48 – 05:00 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. 04:26 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:04 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:11 Cancer
- 05:11 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 09:35 Libra
- 09:35 – 11:30 Scorpio
- 11:30 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 16:06 Capricorn
- 16:06 – 18:25 Aquarius
- 18:25 – 20:43 Pisces
- 20:43 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:26 next day Gemini
- 03:26 – 05:07 next day Cancer
- 05:07 – 06:04 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