Durban panchang, 8 August 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 08:47 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:16
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:26 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 09:08
- Karana Vanija until 07:50, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:36 – 20:04
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. 04:51 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:07 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:23 Gemini
- 05:23 – 07:04 Cancer
- 07:04 – 08:30 Leo
- 08:30 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 11:28 Libra
- 11:28 – 13:23 Scorpio
- 13:23 – 15:38 Sagittarius
- 15:38 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 00:56 next day Aries
- 00:56 – 03:15 next day Taurus
- 03:15 – 05:19 next day Gemini
- 05:19 – 06:35 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