Durban panchang, 5 March 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:23 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 18:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:49
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:29 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:23 to 05:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:01 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:38
- Karana Vanija until 15:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:29 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:38 – 08:02 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:49
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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:49 | Good |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:35 Aquarius
- 06:35 – 08:53 Pisces
- 08:53 – 11:13 Aries
- 11:13 – 13:33 Taurus
- 13:33 – 15:36 Gemini
- 15:36 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 23:36 Scorpio
- 23:36 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:51 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