Durban panchang, 21 March 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 16:24 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
06:01 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:39
- 12:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:04 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:56 Moon enters Leo
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:14 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:11
- Karana Bava until 12:02, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:56 Moon enters Leo
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:39
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. 04:25 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:32 Aquarius
- 05:32 – 07:50 Pisces
- 07:50 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:30 Taurus
- 12:30 – 14:33 Gemini
- 14:33 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 17:41 Leo
- 17:41 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 20:38 Libra
- 20:38 – 22:33 Scorpio
- 22:33 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 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