Durban panchang, 16 February 2029
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 08:09 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
05:38 to 18:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:03
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:40 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 18:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:11 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 11:13
- Karana Gara until 18:47, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:03
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. 04:10 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:40 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:38 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:25 Capricorn
- 05:25 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 10:01 Pisces
- 10:01 – 12:21 Aries
- 12:21 – 14:41 Taurus
- 14:41 – 16:44 Gemini
- 16:44 – 18:25 Cancer
- 18:25 – 19:52 Leo
- 19:52 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:59 next day Sagittarius
- 02:59 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
- 05:21 – 05:39 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