Durban panchang, 22 August 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 20:47 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
06:22 to 17:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:22 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:10 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 09:40 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:16 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:34 to 06:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:40
- Karana Vishti until 10:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:40 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:55 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:34
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:40 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:01 – 08:25 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:35 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:22 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:10 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:34 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:09 Cancer
- 06:09 – 07:35 Leo
- 07:35 – 08:59 Virgo
- 08:59 – 10:33 Libra
- 10:33 – 12:28 Scorpio
- 12:28 – 14:43 Sagittarius
- 14:43 – 17:04 Capricorn
- 17:04 – 19:23 Aquarius
- 19:23 – 21:40 Pisces
- 21:40 – 00:01 next day Aries
- 00:01 – 02:20 next day Taurus
- 02:20 – 04:24 next day Gemini
- 04:24 – 06:05 next day Cancer
- 06:05 – 06:21 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