Durban panchang, 18 February 2029
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 09:55 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
05:39 to 18:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:39
- 10:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:12 Moon enters Aries
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:53
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 12:56
- Karana Bava until 10:36, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:12 Moon enters Aries
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:39
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- 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 18:39 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:12 – 05:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:12 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:17 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:17 Capricorn
- 05:17 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 09:53 Pisces
- 09:53 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:33 Taurus
- 14:33 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:18 Cancer
- 18:18 – 19:44 Leo
- 19:44 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
- 05:13 – 05:40 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