Durban panchang, 3 February 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 23:37 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 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:30
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:51 to 05:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:51
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:50 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 09:21
- Karana Kaulava until 13:51, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:34 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:30
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. 04:02 – 04:44
- 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 18:51 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:51 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:07 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:11 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 08:37 Aquarius
- 08:37 – 10:55 Pisces
- 10:55 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:38 Gemini
- 17:38 – 19:19 Cancer
- 19:19 – 20:46 Leo
- 20:46 – 22:09 Virgo
- 22:09 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 01:38 next day Scorpio
- 01:38 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:27 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