Durban panchang, 15 September 2029
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 11:06 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
05:55 to 17:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:49
- 06:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:47 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 14:52
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:50 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:52, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:52 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:53 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:36 Cancer
- 04:36 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 10:55 Scorpio
- 10:55 – 13:10 Sagittarius
- 13:10 – 15:31 Capricorn
- 15:31 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 20:07 Pisces
- 20:07 – 22:28 Aries
- 22:28 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 02:51 next day Gemini
- 02:51 – 04:32 next day Cancer
- 04:32 – 05:53 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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