Durban panchang, 24 April 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 17:38 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
06:21 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:16
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:25 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:34 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:34 – 01:22 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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:16 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 10:16 Taurus
- 10:16 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 15:27 Leo
- 15:27 – 16:51 Virgo
- 16:51 – 18:25 Libra
- 18:25 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:35 Sagittarius
- 22:35 – 00:56 next day Capricorn
- 00:56 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 06:22 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