Durban panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 14:56 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
06:17 to 17:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:17
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:31 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:02
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 21:12
- Karana Gara until 14:02, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:17 – 16:35 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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 06:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 14:25 Cancer
- 14:25 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 20:43 Scorpio
- 20:43 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:56 next day Pisces
- 05:56 – 06:18 next day Aries
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