Durban panchang, 26 April 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 18:54 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
06:22 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:01
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:24 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:09 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 00:49 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:36, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:49 – 12:21 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:09 – 06:23 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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:24 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Char | 16:01 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:12 Gemini
- 12:12 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 15:19 Leo
- 15:19 – 16:43 Virgo
- 16:43 – 18:17 Libra
- 18:17 – 20:12 Scorpio
- 20:12 – 22:27 Sagittarius
- 22:27 – 00:48 next day Capricorn
- 00:48 – 03:07 next day Aquarius
- 03:07 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:23 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