Durban panchang, 18 February 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 14:41 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
05:39 to 18:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:39
- 05:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:24 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:20 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 05:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 09:08
- Karana Taitila until 16:59, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 05:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:08 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:39
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- 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 18:39 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:19 Capricorn
- 05:19 – 07:38 Aquarius
- 07:38 – 09:56 Pisces
- 09:56 – 12:16 Aries
- 12:16 – 14:35 Taurus
- 14:35 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 18:20 Cancer
- 18:20 – 19:47 Leo
- 19:47 – 21:10 Virgo
- 21:10 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 00:39 next day Scorpio
- 00:39 – 02:54 next day Sagittarius
- 02:54 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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