Durban panchang, 21 February 2029
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 12:41 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
05:42 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:45
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:36 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:49 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 17:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:43 – 14:33 next day
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. 04:13 – 04:57
- 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 18:36 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 19:05
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 19:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:05 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:05 Capricorn
- 05:05 – 07:23 Aquarius
- 07:23 – 09:41 Pisces
- 09:41 – 12:02 Aries
- 12:02 – 14:21 Taurus
- 14:21 – 16:25 Gemini
- 16:25 – 18:06 Cancer
- 18:06 – 19:32 Leo
- 19:32 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 22:30 Libra
- 22:30 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 05:01 next day Capricorn
- 05:01 – 05:42 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