Durban panchang, 30 April 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 22:47 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
06:25 to 17:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:36 – 15:58
- 07:06 Moon enters Capricorn
- 14:59 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:20 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:39 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:53
- Karana Vishti until 14:59, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:06 Moon enters Capricorn
- 14:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:25 – 00:39 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 – 05:33
- 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 17:20 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 00:39 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:16 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:25 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Char | 09:09 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:36 – 15:58 | Good |
| Rog | 15:58 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:20 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:36 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:52 Taurus
- 09:52 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:04 Leo
- 15:04 – 16:27 Virgo
- 16:27 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 19:56 Scorpio
- 19:56 – 22:11 Sagittarius
- 22:11 – 00:32 next day Capricorn
- 00:32 – 02:51 next day Aquarius
- 02:51 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 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