Durban panchang, 5 February 2024
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 00:20 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
05:28 to 18:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:08 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:10
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:50 to 05:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:05 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:19 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:05 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:21
- Karana Vishti until 13:55, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:05 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:19 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:21 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:10
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 – 04:46
- 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 18:50 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 08:29 Aquarius
- 08:29 – 10:47 Pisces
- 10:47 – 13:07 Aries
- 13:07 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 20:38 Leo
- 20:38 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:45 next day Sagittarius
- 03:45 – 05:29 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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