Durban panchang, 29 February 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 21:02 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
05:47 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:47 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:56
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:28 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:25
- Karana Kaulava until 13:54, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:56
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. 04:17 – 05:02
- 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 18:28 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:47 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:23 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:36 Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 09:12 Pisces
- 09:12 – 11:33 Aries
- 11:33 – 13:52 Taurus
- 13:52 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 17:37 Cancer
- 17:37 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 05:48 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