Durban panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 15:50 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
06:00 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:33
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:05 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:30
- Karana Vanija until 09:49, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:49 – 22:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:33
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 19:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:01 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:36 Aquarius
- 05:36 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:34 Taurus
- 12:34 – 14:37 Gemini
- 14:37 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 17:45 Leo
- 17:45 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 22:37 Scorpio
- 22:37 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 05:32 next day Aquarius
- 05:32 – 06:01 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