Durban panchang, 5 February 2029
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 22:53 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:09 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:09
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:49 to 05:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:45
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 19:12
- Karana Bava until 12:45, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:09
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. 04:04 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:09 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:08 Capricorn
- 06:08 – 08:26 Aquarius
- 08:26 – 10:44 Pisces
- 10:44 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:09 Cancer
- 19:09 – 20:35 Leo
- 20:35 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:28 next day Scorpio
- 01:28 – 03:42 next day Sagittarius
- 03:42 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
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