Durban panchang, 10 September 2029
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:55 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
06:01 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 06:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:44 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:09 next day Moon enters Libra
- 02:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 06:02
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 19:41
- Karana Kaulava until 06:02, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:41 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:09 next day Moon enters Libra
- 02:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:26 – 05:59 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. 04:22 – 05:12
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:26 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:55 Cancer
- 04:55 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 07:45 Virgo
- 07:45 – 09:19 Libra
- 09:19 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 18:09 Aquarius
- 18:09 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 04:52 next day Cancer
- 04:52 – 05:59 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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