Durban panchang, 24 July 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 20:49 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:18 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 01:10 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:44 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:40
- Karana Bava until 14:34, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:18 – 06:42 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. 04:59 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:22 Gemini
- 06:22 – 08:03 Cancer
- 08:03 – 09:29 Leo
- 09:29 – 10:53 Virgo
- 10:53 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:58 Capricorn
- 18:58 – 21:17 Aquarius
- 21:17 – 23:34 Pisces
- 23:34 – 01:55 next day Aries
- 01:55 – 04:14 next day Taurus
- 04:14 – 06:18 next day Gemini
- 06:18 – 06:46 next day Cancer
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