Durban panchang, 7 March 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 02:06 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
05:52 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:51
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 11:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:20 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:33 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 01:15 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:21, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 11:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:51
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:20 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 11:06 Aries
- 11:06 – 13:25 Taurus
- 13:25 – 15:28 Gemini
- 15:28 – 17:10 Cancer
- 17:10 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 04:05 next day Capricorn
- 04:05 – 05:52 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