Durban panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 23:49 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
06:08 to 17:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:22
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:39 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:07 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 16:39
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 15:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:39, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:07 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:18 – 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. 04:30 – 05:19
- 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 17:49 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:08 – 16:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:36 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:49 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:45 Aquarius
- 04:45 – 07:03 Pisces
- 07:03 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:46 Gemini
- 13:46 – 15:27 Cancer
- 15:27 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 21:46 Scorpio
- 21:46 – 00:01 next day Sagittarius
- 00:01 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:08 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