Durban panchang, 4 February 2024
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:51 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
05:27 to 18:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 17:10
- Durmuhurta 17:04 – 17:57
- Rahu Kalam 17:10 – 18:51
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:51 to 05:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 14:20
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:42
- Karana Gara until 14:20, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:04 – 17:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:10 – 18:51
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:27 – 04:23 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:23 – 05:28 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. 04:03 – 04:45
- 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 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:08 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:10 – 21:30 | Good |
| Char | 21:30 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:28 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
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 08:33 Aquarius
- 08:33 – 10:51 Pisces
- 10:51 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:34 Gemini
- 17:34 – 19:15 Cancer
- 19:15 – 20:42 Leo
- 20:42 – 22:05 Virgo
- 22:05 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 01:34 next day Scorpio
- 01:34 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:28 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