Durban panchang, 6 February 2024
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 01:11 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
05:29 to 18:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:09
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:49 to 05:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:37
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:57 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 02:38 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:38 – 03:50 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. 04:04 – 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 18:49 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:09 | Good |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:07 Capricorn
- 06:07 – 08:25 Aquarius
- 08:25 – 10:43 Pisces
- 10:43 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 15:23 Taurus
- 15:23 – 17:26 Gemini
- 17:26 – 19:08 Cancer
- 19:08 – 20:34 Leo
- 20:34 – 21:57 Virgo
- 21:57 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 01:26 next day Scorpio
- 01:26 – 03:41 next day Sagittarius
- 03:41 – 05:30 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