Durban panchang, 9 March 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 04:31 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
05:53 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:12
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:48 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:18 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 01:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:26 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 17:02
- Karana Shakuni until 14:48, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:48 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 01:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:12
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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 14:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:19 Aquarius
- 06:19 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:58 Aries
- 10:58 – 13:17 Taurus
- 13:17 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:02 Cancer
- 17:02 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 19:52 Virgo
- 19:52 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:36 next day Sagittarius
- 01:36 – 03:57 next day Capricorn
- 03:57 – 05:54 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