Durban panchang, 27 April 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 19:42 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
06:23 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:38
- 16:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:23 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:58 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:52 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:58 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 23:53
- Karana Bava until 16:53, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:58 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:38
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 – 05:31
- 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 17:23 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 16:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:00 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 16:39 Virgo
- 16:39 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:08 Scorpio
- 20:08 – 22:23 Sagittarius
- 22:23 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:24 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