Durban panchang, 16 August 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 13:50 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
06:29 to 17:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:08
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:31 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:36 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:41
- Karana Bava until 17:28, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
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. 04:45 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:51 Gemini
- 04:51 – 06:33 Cancer
- 06:33 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 09:23 Virgo
- 09:23 – 10:57 Libra
- 10:57 – 12:52 Scorpio
- 12:52 – 15:06 Sagittarius
- 15:06 – 17:28 Capricorn
- 17:28 – 19:46 Aquarius
- 19:46 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 00:25 next day Aries
- 00:25 – 02:44 next day Taurus
- 02:44 – 04:48 next day Gemini
- 04:48 – 06:28 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