Durban panchang, 3 April 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:48 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 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:26
- 12:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 14:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 12:39
- Karana Gara until 14:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:26
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:48 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:09 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 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:41 Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:59 Pisces
- 06:59 – 09:19 Aries
- 09:19 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:42 Gemini
- 13:42 – 15:24 Cancer
- 15:24 – 16:50 Leo
- 16:50 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 21:42 Scorpio
- 21:42 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 02:19 next day Capricorn
- 02:19 – 04:37 next day Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:09 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