Durban panchang, 10 February 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 05:47 Magha 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 18:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:28
- 06:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:46 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:17 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:17
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 11:23
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:08, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:17 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:23 – 21:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:28
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 18:46 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:51 Capricorn
- 05:51 – 08:09 Aquarius
- 08:09 – 10:27 Pisces
- 10:27 – 12:48 Aries
- 12:48 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:11 Gemini
- 17:11 – 18:52 Cancer
- 18:52 – 20:18 Leo
- 20:18 – 21:42 Virgo
- 21:42 – 23:16 Libra
- 23:16 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:26 next day Sagittarius
- 03:26 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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