Durban panchang, 1 February 2024
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 22:31 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:25 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:11
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:01 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:53 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:34
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:57
- Karana Vanija until 10:34, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:01 Moon enters Libra
- 23:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:28
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:57 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:11
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. 04:01 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 00:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:25 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:06 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:12 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:26 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
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:05 Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 06:26 Capricorn
- 06:26 – 08:45 Aquarius
- 08:45 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:42 Taurus
- 15:42 – 17:46 Gemini
- 17:46 – 19:27 Cancer
- 19:27 – 20:53 Leo
- 20:53 – 22:17 Virgo
- 22:17 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 01:46 next day Scorpio
- 01:46 – 04:01 next day Sagittarius
- 04:01 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
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