Durban panchang, 8 February 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 03:20 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
05:31 to 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:31 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:08
- 06:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:48 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:32 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 22:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 19:39
- Karana Vanija until 07:47, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:32 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:39 – 15:36 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. 04:05 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:48 – 20:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:32 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 08:17 Aquarius
- 08:17 – 10:35 Pisces
- 10:35 – 12:56 Aries
- 12:56 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:18 Gemini
- 17:18 – 19:00 Cancer
- 19:00 – 20:26 Leo
- 20:26 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:19 next day Scorpio
- 01:19 – 03:33 next day Sagittarius
- 03:33 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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