Durban panchang, 10 March 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 05:43 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
05:54 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:17
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:00 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:10 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:17 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:00
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:43
- Karana Naga until 11:00, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:00 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:17
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 18:17 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:25 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 08:33 Pisces
- 08:33 – 10:54 Aries
- 10:54 – 13:13 Taurus
- 13:13 – 15:17 Gemini
- 15:17 – 16:58 Cancer
- 16:58 – 18:24 Leo
- 18:24 – 19:48 Virgo
- 19:48 – 21:22 Libra
- 21:22 – 23:17 Scorpio
- 23:17 – 01:32 next day Sagittarius
- 01:32 – 03:53 next day Capricorn
- 03:53 – 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