Durban panchang, 5 April 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 02:08 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
06:10 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:19
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:46 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:44 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:59
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 14:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:25
- Karana Balava until 09:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:44 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:19
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. 04:31 – 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 17:46 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:10 – 09:59
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:10 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:33 Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:31 Taurus
- 11:31 – 13:34 Gemini
- 13:34 – 15:16 Cancer
- 15:16 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:34 Scorpio
- 21:34 – 23:49 Sagittarius
- 23:49 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 06:10 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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