Durban panchang, 28 February 2029
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 18:10 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
05:47 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:43
- 08:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:28 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:10
- Nakshatra Magha until 14:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:46
- Karana Vishti until 08:55, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:35 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:43
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. 04:17 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:28 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:37 Capricorn
- 04:37 – 06:56 Aquarius
- 06:56 – 09:14 Pisces
- 09:14 – 11:34 Aries
- 11:34 – 13:53 Taurus
- 13:53 – 15:57 Gemini
- 15:57 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 02:12 next day Sagittarius
- 02:12 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 05:48 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