Durban panchang, 3 March 2024
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 22:59 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
05:49 to 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:25
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:54 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:25 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:19 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 13:54
- Karana Balava until 17:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:54 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:54 – 15:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:49 – 12:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:25 – 05:50 next day
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. 04:18 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:24 Capricorn
- 04:24 – 06:43 Aquarius
- 06:43 – 09:01 Pisces
- 09:01 – 11:21 Aries
- 11:21 – 13:40 Taurus
- 13:40 – 15:44 Gemini
- 15:44 – 17:25 Cancer
- 17:25 – 18:52 Leo
- 18:52 – 20:15 Virgo
- 20:15 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 23:44 Scorpio
- 23:44 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 04:20 next day Capricorn
- 04:20 – 05:50 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