Durban panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 00:58 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
06:09 to 17:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:27
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:47 to 06:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 16:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 09:45
- Karana Vishti until 12:44, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:27
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 12:44
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 09:15 Aries
- 09:15 – 11:35 Taurus
- 11:35 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 15:20 Cancer
- 15:20 – 16:46 Leo
- 16:46 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 19:43 Libra
- 19:43 – 21:38 Scorpio
- 21:38 – 23:53 Sagittarius
- 23:53 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:10 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