Durban panchang, 30 March 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 20:56 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
06:06 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:56
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:15 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:44
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 19:15
- Karana Taitila until 17:44, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:15 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:15 – 18:22 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. 04:28 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:33 – 04:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 09:35 Aries
- 09:35 – 11:54 Taurus
- 11:54 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 15:39 Cancer
- 15:39 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 18:29 Virgo
- 18:29 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 06:07 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