Durban panchang, 23 August 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 21:55 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
06:21 to 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:11
- 07:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:24 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:35 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 02:38 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:24 Moon enters Aries
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:11
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 17:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:35 – 18:29
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- 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 17:35 – 20:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:21 – 16:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 16:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:24 – 06:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:22 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 07:31 Leo
- 07:31 – 08:55 Virgo
- 08:55 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:24 Scorpio
- 12:24 – 14:39 Sagittarius
- 14:39 – 17:00 Capricorn
- 17:00 – 19:19 Aquarius
- 19:19 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:57 Aries
- 23:57 – 02:16 next day Taurus
- 02:16 – 04:20 next day Gemini
- 04:20 – 06:01 next day Cancer
- 06:01 – 06:20 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