Durban panchang, 28 March 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 19:37 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
06:05 to 17:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:33
- 15:08 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:27
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 19:42
- Karana Vishti until 15:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:08 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:42 – 20:54
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. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 15:47 Cancer
- 15:47 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 18:37 Virgo
- 18:37 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 02:42 next day Capricorn
- 02:42 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 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