Durban panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 15:49 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
06:19 to 17:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:42
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:21 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:29 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:12
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:17
- Karana Balava until 19:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:21 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:17 – 02:53 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:34 – 06:19 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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:32 Taurus
- 10:32 – 12:35 Gemini
- 12:35 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 15:43 Leo
- 15:43 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 18:41 Libra
- 18:41 – 20:35 Scorpio
- 20:35 – 22:50 Sagittarius
- 22:50 – 01:12 next day Capricorn
- 01:12 – 03:30 next day Aquarius
- 03:30 – 05:48 next day Pisces
- 05:48 – 06:19 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