Durban panchang, 26 February 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 19:42 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
05:45 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:21 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:58
- 06:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:31 to 05:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:00 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:56
- Karana Taitila until 06:26, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:56 – 13:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:58
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. 04:15 – 05:00
- 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 18:31 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:45 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:48 Capricorn
- 04:48 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 14:04 Taurus
- 14:04 – 16:08 Gemini
- 16:08 – 17:49 Cancer
- 17:49 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 20:39 Virgo
- 20:39 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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