Durban panchang, 14 February 2029
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 06:22 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
05:36 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:48
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:42 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:19
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 10:04
- Karana Bava until 14:19, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:48
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. 04:09 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:19 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:37 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
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:32 Capricorn
- 05:32 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 10:09 Pisces
- 10:09 – 12:29 Aries
- 12:29 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 16:52 Gemini
- 16:52 – 18:33 Cancer
- 18:33 – 19:59 Leo
- 19:59 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 22:57 Libra
- 22:57 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 05:37 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