Durban panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:18 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
06:26 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:26 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:08
- 11:02 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:48
- Karana Taitila until 11:30, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:02 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:02 – 18:58
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 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:18 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:23 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:26 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:57 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:05 Pisces
- 05:05 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 14:56 Leo
- 14:56 – 16:19 Virgo
- 16:19 – 17:53 Libra
- 17:53 – 19:48 Scorpio
- 19:48 – 22:03 Sagittarius
- 22:03 – 00:25 next day Capricorn
- 00:25 – 02:43 next day Aquarius
- 02:43 – 05:01 next day Pisces
- 05:01 – 06:27 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