Durban panchang, 19 February 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 15:37 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
05:40 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:03
- 07:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:38 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:26 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:30
- Karana Vanija until 17:49, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:03
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. 04:12 – 04:56
- 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 18:38 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:40 – 07:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 07:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 07:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:41 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:15 Capricorn
- 05:15 – 07:34 Aquarius
- 07:34 – 09:52 Pisces
- 09:52 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:32 Taurus
- 14:32 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 19:43 Leo
- 19:43 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 22:40 Libra
- 22:40 – 00:35 next day Scorpio
- 00:35 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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