Durban panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 12:34 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
05:37 to 18:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:03
- 11:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:47 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:41 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:46 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:16 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 11:47
- Karana Vishti until 17:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:47 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:03
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. 04:10 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:27 Capricorn
- 05:27 – 07:46 Aquarius
- 07:46 – 10:03 Pisces
- 10:03 – 12:24 Aries
- 12:24 – 14:43 Taurus
- 14:43 – 16:47 Gemini
- 16:47 – 18:28 Cancer
- 18:28 – 19:54 Leo
- 19:54 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 00:47 next day Scorpio
- 00:47 – 03:02 next day Sagittarius
- 03:02 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
- 05:23 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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