Durban panchang, 29 April 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 21:40 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 17:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:09
- 16:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:21 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:35 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:12 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 20:55
- Karana Gara until 16:05, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 01:12 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:12 – 06:25 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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:12 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 18:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 13:41 Cancer
- 13:41 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 16:31 Virgo
- 16:31 – 18:05 Libra
- 18:05 – 20:00 Scorpio
- 20:00 – 22:15 Sagittarius
- 22:15 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:55 next day Aquarius
- 02:55 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:25 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