Durban panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 13:32 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 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:09
- 06:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:09 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:23 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:35
- Karana Vishti until 06:10, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:23 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:09
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- 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 18:09 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:17 – 17:25
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:59 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:45 Taurus
- 12:45 – 14:49 Gemini
- 14:49 – 16:30 Cancer
- 16:30 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 19:20 Virgo
- 19:20 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 22:49 Scorpio
- 22:49 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 03:25 next day Capricorn
- 03:25 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 05:59 next day Pisces
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