Durban panchang, 23 March 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 17:20 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
06:02 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:02 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 15:01
- 16:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:01 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:25 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 16:03
- Karana Gara until 17:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:01
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:03 – 18:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:03 – 06:02 next day
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- 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 18:01 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 04:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:02 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:02 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:32 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 10:03 Aries
- 10:03 – 12:22 Taurus
- 12:22 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 17:33 Leo
- 17:33 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:26 Scorpio
- 22:26 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 03:02 next day Capricorn
- 03:02 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:02 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