Durban panchang, 8 September 2029
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 05:39 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
06:03 to 17:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:48
- 07:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:44 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:43 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:30 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:44
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 20:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 07:15
- Karana Naga until 12:44, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:44 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:30 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:37 – 06:02 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. 04:24 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:03 Cancer
- 05:03 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 09:27 Libra
- 09:27 – 11:22 Scorpio
- 11:22 – 13:37 Sagittarius
- 13:37 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 18:17 Aquarius
- 18:17 – 20:35 Pisces
- 20:35 – 22:55 Aries
- 22:55 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:18 next day Gemini
- 03:18 – 04:59 next day Cancer
- 04:59 – 06:02 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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