Durban panchang, 23 April 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 17:08 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 17:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:40 – 16:03
- 12:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:26 to 06:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 01:26 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:55, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:03
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 – 05:29
- 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 17:26 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:40 – 16:03 | Good |
| Rog | 16:03 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:26 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 08:01 Aries
- 08:01 – 10:20 Taurus
- 10:20 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:24 Scorpio
- 20:24 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 01:00 next day Capricorn
- 01:00 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 06:21 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