Durban panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 13:39 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
05:38 to 18:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:25
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:40 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:46 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 05:52 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 10:13
- Karana Balava until 16:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:13 – 09:08 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:25
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 18:40 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:38 – 05:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 05:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:39 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 04:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:40 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:23 Capricorn
- 05:23 – 07:42 Aquarius
- 07:42 – 10:00 Pisces
- 10:00 – 12:20 Aries
- 12:20 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 18:24 Cancer
- 18:24 – 19:51 Leo
- 19:51 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 00:43 next day Scorpio
- 00:43 – 02:58 next day Sagittarius
- 02:58 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
- 05:19 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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