Durban panchang, 27 March 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 19:05 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 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:29
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:57 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:36
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:23
- Karana Gara until 13:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:29
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 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:57 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:04 – 13:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:05 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 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:47 Aries
- 09:47 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 17:17 Leo
- 17:17 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:05 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