Durban panchang, 26 March 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 18:37 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
06:04 to 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:28
- 10:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:26 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:58 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:26 Moon enters Libra
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 11:26
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:47
- Karana Kaulava until 11:26, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:26 Moon enters Libra
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 22:23
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:04 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:51 Aries
- 09:51 – 12:10 Taurus
- 12:10 – 14:14 Gemini
- 14:14 – 15:55 Cancer
- 15:55 – 17:21 Leo
- 17:21 – 18:45 Virgo
- 18:45 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:14 Scorpio
- 22:14 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:04 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