Durban panchang, 22 April 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 16:41 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
06:20 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:14
- 10:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:27 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:48 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 00:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:51, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:48 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:58 – 02:10 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 16:29 – 06:20 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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 16:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:28 Gemini
- 12:28 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 15:35 Leo
- 15:35 – 16:59 Virgo
- 16:59 – 18:33 Libra
- 18:33 – 20:28 Scorpio
- 20:28 – 22:43 Sagittarius
- 22:43 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 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