Durban panchang, 24 August 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 23:04 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
06:20 to 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:47
- 14:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:35 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:01 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:36
- Karana Gara until 15:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:35 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 08:51 Virgo
- 08:51 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:20 Scorpio
- 12:20 – 14:35 Sagittarius
- 14:35 – 16:56 Capricorn
- 16:56 – 19:15 Aquarius
- 19:15 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 02:12 next day Taurus
- 02:12 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 05:57 next day Cancer
- 05:57 – 06:19 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