Durban panchang, 13 May 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 11:45 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
06:33 to 17:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:03
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:10 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:20
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 07:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 03:54 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:51, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 10:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:03
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 – 05:40
- 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 17:10 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:53 – 06:34 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:53 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:10 | Good |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 12:46 Cancer
- 12:46 – 14:12 Leo
- 14:12 – 15:36 Virgo
- 15:36 – 17:10 Libra
- 17:10 – 19:05 Scorpio
- 19:05 – 21:20 Sagittarius
- 21:20 – 23:41 Capricorn
- 23:41 – 02:00 next day Aquarius
- 02:00 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 06:34 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