Durban panchang, 27 February 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 20:07 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
05:46 to 18:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 16:55
- 09:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:30 to 05:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 22:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 22:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 12:54
- Karana Vanija until 09:06, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 22:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:54 – 15:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:55
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 22:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:46 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:22 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:44 Capricorn
- 04:44 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 09:20 Pisces
- 09:20 – 11:41 Aries
- 11:41 – 14:00 Taurus
- 14:00 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 17:45 Cancer
- 17:45 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 20:35 Virgo
- 20:35 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:04 next day Scorpio
- 00:04 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:40 next day Capricorn
- 04:40 – 05:46 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