Durban panchang, 22 February 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 17:48 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
05:42 to 18:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:42 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:01
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:42
- Karana Taitila until 09:52, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:01
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 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:42 – 13:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 13:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:13 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:42 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:59 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:04 Capricorn
- 05:04 – 07:22 Aquarius
- 07:22 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 12:01 Aries
- 12:01 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 20:55 Virgo
- 20:55 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 05:00 next day Capricorn
- 05:00 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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