Durban panchang, 26 May 2024
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 19:34 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
06:41 to 17:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:04
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 14:36
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 03:06 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:04
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) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 07:05
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:41 – 07:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:41 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 08:10 Taurus
- 08:10 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 11:55 Cancer
- 11:55 – 13:21 Leo
- 13:21 – 14:45 Virgo
- 14:45 – 16:19 Libra
- 16:19 – 18:14 Scorpio
- 18:14 – 20:29 Sagittarius
- 20:29 – 22:50 Capricorn
- 22:50 – 01:09 next day Aquarius
- 01:09 – 03:26 next day Pisces
- 03:26 – 05:47 next day Aries
- 05:47 – 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