Durban panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 14:25 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
05:59 to 18:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:42
- 06:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:07 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:19 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:19
- Nakshatra Ardra until 14:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:06
- Karana Balava until 06:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:42
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 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:40 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:07 | Good |
| Char | 18:07 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:41 Taurus
- 12:41 – 14:45 Gemini
- 14:45 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 17:53 Leo
- 17:53 – 19:16 Virgo
- 19:16 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 22:45 Scorpio
- 22:45 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
- 05:40 – 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