Durban panchang, 12 August 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 10:38 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
06:32 to 17:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:17
- 12:55 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:29 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:01 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 12:55
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:55 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:17
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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:29 | Good |
| Char | 17:29 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 06:48 Cancer
- 06:48 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 09:38 Virgo
- 09:38 – 11:12 Libra
- 11:12 – 13:07 Scorpio
- 13:07 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 17:44 Capricorn
- 17:44 – 20:02 Aquarius
- 20:02 – 22:20 Pisces
- 22:20 – 00:40 next day Aries
- 00:40 – 03:00 next day Taurus
- 03:00 – 05:03 next day Gemini
- 05:03 – 06:32 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