Durban panchang, 11 March 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 06:53 Phalguna 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 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:47
- 07:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:15
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 08:27
- Karana Bava until 07:15, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:48 – 18:39
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 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:11 Aquarius
- 06:11 – 08:29 Pisces
- 08:29 – 10:50 Aries
- 10:50 – 13:09 Taurus
- 13:09 – 15:13 Gemini
- 15:13 – 16:54 Cancer
- 16:54 – 18:20 Leo
- 18:20 – 19:44 Virgo
- 19:44 – 21:18 Libra
- 21:18 – 23:13 Scorpio
- 23:13 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:55 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