Durban panchang, 1 May 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 23:55 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 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:14
- 13:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:19 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:31 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 16:31
- Karana Balava until 13:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 23:40 – 06:26 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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:26 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 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:48 Taurus
- 09:48 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 15:00 Leo
- 15:00 – 16:23 Virgo
- 16:23 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 19:52 Scorpio
- 19:52 – 22:07 Sagittarius
- 22:07 – 00:28 next day Capricorn
- 00:28 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 06:26 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