Durban panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 00:57 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
05:51 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:40
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:58 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:53 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:02
- Karana Bava until 13:57, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:53 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:53 – 15:04 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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:44 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:31 Aquarius
- 06:31 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 11:09 Aries
- 11:09 – 13:29 Taurus
- 13:29 – 15:32 Gemini
- 15:32 – 17:14 Cancer
- 17:14 – 18:40 Leo
- 18:40 – 20:03 Virgo
- 20:03 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 23:32 Scorpio
- 23:32 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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