Durban panchang, 27 February 2029
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 17:32 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
05:46 to 18:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 16:54
- 12:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:17 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:29 to 05:47 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:47 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 22:35
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:47 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:08, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:17 Moon enters Leo
- 22:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:47 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:29 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:35 – 08:55 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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 17:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 17:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:46 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:22 – 05:47 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
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:41 Capricorn
- 04:41 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 11:38 Aries
- 11:38 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:01 Gemini
- 16:01 – 17:42 Cancer
- 17:42 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:37 next day Capricorn
- 04:37 – 05:47 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