Durban panchang, 9 September 2029
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:16 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:44
- 09:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:44 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:27
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 23:36
- Karana Bava until 09:27, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:18 – 14:09
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. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 18:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 18:04 – 06:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:04 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:59 Cancer
- 04:59 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 07:49 Virgo
- 07:49 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:18 Scorpio
- 11:18 – 13:33 Sagittarius
- 13:33 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 20:31 Pisces
- 20:31 – 22:51 Aries
- 22:51 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 04:55 next day Cancer
- 04:55 – 06:01 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