Durban panchang, 19 August 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 17:20 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
06:26 to 17:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:19
- 10:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:29 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:33 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:25
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:16
- Karana Vishti until 10:02, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:29 Moon enters Aquarius
- 20:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:16 – 23:40
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. 04:42 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:33 | Good |
| Char | 17:33 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:21 Cancer
- 06:21 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 09:11 Virgo
- 09:11 – 10:45 Libra
- 10:45 – 12:40 Scorpio
- 12:40 – 14:55 Sagittarius
- 14:55 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 19:35 Aquarius
- 19:35 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 00:13 next day Aries
- 00:13 – 02:32 next day Taurus
- 02:32 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 06:17 next day Cancer
- 06:17 – 06:25 next day Leo
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