Durban panchang, 12 April 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 10:16 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:12
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:42
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:42
- Karana Vishti until 09:42, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:20 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 11:03 Taurus
- 11:03 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 14:48 Cancer
- 14:48 – 16:14 Leo
- 16:14 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 19:12 Libra
- 19:12 – 21:07 Scorpio
- 21:07 – 23:22 Sagittarius
- 23:22 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 04:02 next day Aquarius
- 04:02 – 06:14 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