Durban panchang, 25 August 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:36 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
06:19 to 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam 16:11 – 17:36
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:36 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 00:09 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:58
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:59 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:58 – 00:34 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 13:15
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- 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 17:36 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 13:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 07:24 Leo
- 07:24 – 08:47 Virgo
- 08:47 – 10:21 Libra
- 10:21 – 12:16 Scorpio
- 12:16 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:52 Capricorn
- 16:52 – 19:11 Aquarius
- 19:11 – 21:29 Pisces
- 21:29 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 02:08 next day Taurus
- 02:08 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 05:53 next day Cancer
- 05:53 – 06:18 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