Durban panchang, 25 May 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 18:32 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
06:40 to 17:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:28
- 07:06 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:06 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:28
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:06 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 05:00 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:28, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:06 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:06 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- 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 17:04 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 08:14 Taurus
- 08:14 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 13:25 Leo
- 13:25 – 14:49 Virgo
- 14:49 – 16:23 Libra
- 16:23 – 18:18 Scorpio
- 18:18 – 20:33 Sagittarius
- 20:33 – 22:54 Capricorn
- 22:54 – 01:13 next day Aquarius
- 01:13 – 03:30 next day Pisces
- 03:30 – 05:51 next day Aries
- 05:51 – 06:41 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