Durban panchang, 28 April 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 20:38 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
06:24 to 17:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta 15:54 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:59 – 17:22
- 16:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:22 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:18 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:35
- Karana Kaulava until 16:43, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:54 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:22
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 – 05:32
- 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 17:22 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 01:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 01:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:59 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 10:00 Taurus
- 10:00 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 16:35 Virgo
- 16:35 – 18:09 Libra
- 18:09 – 20:04 Scorpio
- 20:04 – 22:19 Sagittarius
- 22:19 – 00:40 next day Capricorn
- 00:40 – 02:59 next day Aquarius
- 02:59 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 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