Durban panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 12:32 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
05:58 to 18:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:07
- 06:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:10 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:09
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:35 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 14:37
- Karana Gara until 06:18, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:51 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 12:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 12:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:52 Aquarius
- 05:52 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 10:30 Aries
- 10:30 – 12:49 Taurus
- 12:49 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 16:34 Cancer
- 16:34 – 18:00 Leo
- 18:00 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 22:53 Scorpio
- 22:53 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 03:29 next day Capricorn
- 03:29 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
- 05:48 – 05:58 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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