Durban panchang, 4 May 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 02:09 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
06:27 to 17:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:34
- 06:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:08 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:17 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:06 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:09
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 18:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 07:33
- Karana Bava until 06:33, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:08 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:06 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:33 – 04:06 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:06 – 05:18 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. 04:42 – 05:35
- 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 17:17 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:37 Taurus
- 09:37 – 11:40 Gemini
- 11:40 – 13:22 Cancer
- 13:22 – 14:48 Leo
- 14:48 – 16:11 Virgo
- 16:11 – 17:45 Libra
- 17:45 – 19:40 Scorpio
- 19:40 – 21:55 Sagittarius
- 21:55 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 02:35 next day Aquarius
- 02:35 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:28 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