Durban panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 03:18 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 17:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:10 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:51
- 06:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 06:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:45 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 06:49
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 22:49
- Karana Taitila until 06:49, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 06:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:24 – 04:09 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:09 – 13:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:58 – 19:49
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:24 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:10 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:45 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 09:08 Aries
- 09:08 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 15:12 Cancer
- 15:12 – 16:38 Leo
- 16:38 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:45 Sagittarius
- 23:45 – 02:07 next day Capricorn
- 02:07 – 04:25 next day Aquarius
- 04:25 – 06:11 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