Durban panchang, 21 May 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 15:39 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
06:38 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:47
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:10 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:06 to 06:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:10
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:16 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 09:05
- Karana Taitila until 14:10, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:39 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:47
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 04:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 14:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:11 Aries
- 06:11 – 08:30 Taurus
- 08:30 – 10:34 Gemini
- 10:34 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 13:41 Leo
- 13:41 – 15:05 Virgo
- 15:05 – 16:39 Libra
- 16:39 – 18:34 Scorpio
- 18:34 – 20:49 Sagittarius
- 20:49 – 23:10 Capricorn
- 23:10 – 01:28 next day Aquarius
- 01:28 – 03:46 next day Pisces
- 03:46 – 06:07 next day Aries
- 06:07 – 06:39 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