Durban panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 22:44 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
06:07 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:30
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:40
- Nakshatra Mula until 19:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 16:59
- Karana Bava until 17:40, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:59 – 04:02 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:42 – 06:08 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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:08 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 07:07 Pisces
- 07:07 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:46 Taurus
- 11:46 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 15:31 Cancer
- 15:31 – 16:58 Leo
- 16:58 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 21:50 Scorpio
- 21:50 – 00:05 next day Sagittarius
- 00:05 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:08 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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