Durban panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 17:46 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 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:00
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:00 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 17:03
- Karana Vanija until 06:25, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:43 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:25 – 10:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:16 – 21:32
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) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 06:03 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 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:20 Aquarius
- 05:20 – 07:38 Pisces
- 07:38 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 12:18 Taurus
- 12:18 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 18:53 Virgo
- 18:53 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:37 next day Sagittarius
- 00:37 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 05:16 next day Aquarius
- 05:16 – 06:03 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