Durban panchang, 24 February 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 18:50 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
05:43 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:21
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 05:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:30
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:50 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 10:03
- Karana Bava until 14:30, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:21
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. 04:14 – 04:59
- 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 18:33 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:56 Capricorn
- 04:56 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:53 Aries
- 11:53 – 14:12 Taurus
- 14:12 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 17:57 Cancer
- 17:57 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 20:47 Virgo
- 20:47 – 22:21 Libra
- 22:21 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:52 next day Capricorn
- 04:52 – 05:44 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