Durban panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 20:33 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 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:43
- 11:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:29 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:29 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:52 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 13:46
- Karana Bava until 11:38, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:29 Moon enters Libra
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:47 – 10:03
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:29 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:47 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 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:40 Capricorn
- 04:40 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 09:16 Pisces
- 09:16 – 11:37 Aries
- 11:37 – 13:56 Taurus
- 13:56 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 17:41 Cancer
- 17:41 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 20:31 Virgo
- 20:31 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 05:47 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