Durban panchang, 7 February 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 02:11 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
05:30 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- 10:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:32 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:32
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:07 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 23:22
- Karana Taitila until 10:32, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:30 – 10:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 08:21 Aquarius
- 08:21 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 15:19 Taurus
- 15:19 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:04 Cancer
- 19:04 – 20:30 Leo
- 20:30 – 21:53 Virgo
- 21:53 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:22 next day Scorpio
- 01:22 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:31 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