Durban panchang, 4 March 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 23:54 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
05:50 to 18:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:53
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 12:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:24 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:34 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 12:35
- Karana Taitila until 17:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 12:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:53
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 18:24 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:20 Capricorn
- 04:20 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 11:17 Aries
- 11:17 – 13:36 Taurus
- 13:36 – 15:40 Gemini
- 15:40 – 17:21 Cancer
- 17:21 – 18:48 Leo
- 18:48 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 21:45 Libra
- 21:45 – 23:40 Scorpio
- 23:40 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 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