Durban panchang, 7 April 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 04:27 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
06:11 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:44
- 09:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:38 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:44 to 06:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 23:51
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 09:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 18:46
- Karana Vishti until 13:38, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:38 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 18:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:24 – 04:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:09 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:44
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 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:28 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:11 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 11:23 Taurus
- 11:23 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 15:08 Cancer
- 15:08 – 16:34 Leo
- 16:34 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:27 Scorpio
- 21:27 – 23:41 Sagittarius
- 23:41 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 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