Durban panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 19:39 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
06:24 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:22
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:42 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:34 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:55 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:30
- Karana Gara until 13:37, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:55 – 10:16 next day
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. 04:41 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 13:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:22 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 09:03 Virgo
- 09:03 – 10:37 Libra
- 10:37 – 12:32 Scorpio
- 12:32 – 14:47 Sagittarius
- 14:47 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 19:27 Aquarius
- 19:27 – 21:44 Pisces
- 21:44 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:24 next day Taurus
- 02:24 – 04:28 next day Gemini
- 04:28 – 06:09 next day Cancer
- 06:09 – 06:22 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