Durban panchang, 9 February 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 04:33 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
05:32 to 18:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 17:08
- 14:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:47 to 05:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:59 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:36
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:47, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:08
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. 04:06 – 04:49
- 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 18:47 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:59 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:12 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 08:13 Aquarius
- 08:13 – 10:31 Pisces
- 10:31 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:15 Gemini
- 17:15 – 18:56 Cancer
- 18:56 – 20:22 Leo
- 20:22 – 21:46 Virgo
- 21:46 – 23:20 Libra
- 23:20 – 01:15 next day Scorpio
- 01:15 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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