Durban panchang, 21 April 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 16:15 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 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:28
- 08:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:28 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 00:13 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:28, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:28
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- 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 17:28 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 13:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 13:38 – 06:20 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:38 – 06:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:38 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:43 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 06:20 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 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 10:28 Taurus
- 10:28 – 12:31 Gemini
- 12:31 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 18:37 Libra
- 18:37 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 01:08 next day Capricorn
- 01:08 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 05:44 next day Pisces
- 05:44 – 06:20 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