Durban panchang, 12 September 2029
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 08:22 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
05:58 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:20
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:45 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 20:35
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 12:19
- Karana Bava until 09:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:19 – 09:04 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. 04:20 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:40 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:48 Cancer
- 04:48 – 06:14 Leo
- 06:14 – 07:37 Virgo
- 07:37 – 09:12 Libra
- 09:12 – 11:07 Scorpio
- 11:07 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 20:19 Pisces
- 20:19 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 05:57 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