Durban panchang, 1 March 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 21:35 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
05:48 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:52
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 05:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:24 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:18 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:44
- Karana Gara until 15:43, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:44 – 18:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:52
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 18:27 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:48 – 04:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:18 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:48 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:32 Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:51 Aquarius
- 06:51 – 09:08 Pisces
- 09:08 – 11:29 Aries
- 11:29 – 13:48 Taurus
- 13:48 – 15:52 Gemini
- 15:52 – 17:33 Cancer
- 17:33 – 18:59 Leo
- 18:59 – 20:23 Virgo
- 20:23 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 23:52 Scorpio
- 23:52 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 04:28 next day Capricorn
- 04:28 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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