Durban panchang, 30 July 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 02:20 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
06:43 to 17:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:01
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:21 to 06:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:15
- Nakshatra Krittika until 06:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:25
- Karana Vishti until 13:15, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:01
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. 04:56 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:21 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 06:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:01 | Good |
| Rog | 16:01 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:01 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:58 Gemini
- 05:58 – 07:40 Cancer
- 07:40 – 09:06 Leo
- 09:06 – 10:29 Virgo
- 10:29 – 12:03 Libra
- 12:03 – 13:58 Scorpio
- 13:58 – 16:13 Sagittarius
- 16:13 – 18:35 Capricorn
- 18:35 – 20:53 Aquarius
- 20:53 – 23:11 Pisces
- 23:11 – 01:31 next day Aries
- 01:31 – 03:51 next day Taurus
- 03:51 – 05:54 next day Gemini
- 05:54 – 06:42 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