Durban panchang, 12 May 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 10:58 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:11
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 10:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:11 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:34
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 04:11 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:28, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 10:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:03 – 07:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:11 – 06:35 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. 04:46 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 06:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 12:50 Cancer
- 12:50 – 14:16 Leo
- 14:16 – 15:40 Virgo
- 15:40 – 17:14 Libra
- 17:14 – 19:09 Scorpio
- 19:09 – 21:24 Sagittarius
- 21:24 – 23:45 Capricorn
- 23:45 – 02:04 next day Aquarius
- 02:04 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 06:33 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