Durban panchang, 11 February 2024
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 06:59 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
05:33 to 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:46
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 07:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:39 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:46 to 05:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:39
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 07:08
- Karana Balava until 07:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 07:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:46
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. 04:07 – 04:50
- 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 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:13 – 05:34 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
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 08:06 Aquarius
- 08:06 – 10:23 Pisces
- 10:23 – 12:44 Aries
- 12:44 – 15:03 Taurus
- 15:03 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 18:48 Cancer
- 18:48 – 20:14 Leo
- 20:14 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 23:12 Libra
- 23:12 – 01:07 next day Scorpio
- 01:07 – 03:22 next day Sagittarius
- 03:22 – 05:34 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