Durban panchang, 25 February 2029
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 16:09 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
05:45 to 18:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:32
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:10 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:32 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 03:59 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:54 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:24
- Karana Bava until 16:56, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:10 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:32
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. 04:15 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:54 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:49 Capricorn
- 04:49 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 14:05 Taurus
- 14:05 – 16:09 Gemini
- 16:09 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 19:16 Leo
- 19:16 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:45 next day Capricorn
- 04:45 – 05:45 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