Durban panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 05:36 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 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:24
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:05 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:42 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:20
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:42 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 14:43
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:05, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:05 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:43 – 10:48 next day
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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 17:42 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:12 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 09:00 Aries
- 09:00 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:23 Scorpio
- 21:23 – 23:38 Sagittarius
- 23:38 – 01:59 next day Capricorn
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 06:12 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