Durban panchang, 21 February 2024
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 17:11 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
05:41 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:47 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:36 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:58
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:47 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:20
- Karana Balava until 07:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:47 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
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. 04:13 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:36 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 07:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:42 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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 09:44 Pisces
- 09:44 – 12:04 Aries
- 12:04 – 14:24 Taurus
- 14:24 – 16:27 Gemini
- 16:27 – 18:09 Cancer
- 18:09 – 19:35 Leo
- 19:35 – 20:58 Virgo
- 20:58 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:27 next day Scorpio
- 00:27 – 02:42 next day Sagittarius
- 02:42 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
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