Durban panchang, 2 February 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 23:02 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
05:26 to 18:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:06 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:11
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:52 to 05:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:33
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:26 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 09:24
- Karana Bava until 12:33, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 09:01
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:24 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:11
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:04 – 20:17
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 18:52 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:26 – 07:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:11 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:07 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 06:22 Capricorn
- 06:22 – 08:41 Aquarius
- 08:41 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:38 Taurus
- 15:38 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 22:13 Virgo
- 22:13 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 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