Durban panchang, 29 February 2028
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 09:10 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:28- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:53
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:28 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:28 to 05:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:30 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:28 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 19:30
- Karana Vanija until 08:26, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:28 Moon enters Aries
- 19:30 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:26 – 12:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:53
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 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 12:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 12:28 – 05:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:28 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:47 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:28 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:53 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:23 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:36 Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 11:33 Aries
- 11:33 – 13:52 Taurus
- 13:52 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 17:37 Cancer
- 17:37 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
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