Durban panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 12:56 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
06:34 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:55 Moon enters Leo
- 13:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:52 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:48, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:55 Moon enters Leo
- 13:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:49 – 11:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:55 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 08:28 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. 04:47 – 05:41
- 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 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:34 Aries
- 06:34 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:05 Leo
- 14:05 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 17:02 Libra
- 17:02 – 18:57 Scorpio
- 18:57 – 21:12 Sagittarius
- 21:12 – 23:33 Capricorn
- 23:33 – 01:52 next day Aquarius
- 01:52 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 06:30 next day Aries
- 06:30 – 06:35 next day Taurus
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