Durban panchang, 26 August 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 00:12 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
06:18 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 11:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:36 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 12:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:46
- Karana Balava until 11:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:46 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:21
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:25 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:53 Cancer
- 05:53 – 07:20 Leo
- 07:20 – 08:43 Virgo
- 08:43 – 10:17 Libra
- 10:17 – 12:12 Scorpio
- 12:12 – 14:27 Sagittarius
- 14:27 – 16:48 Capricorn
- 16:48 – 19:07 Aquarius
- 19:07 – 21:25 Pisces
- 21:25 – 23:45 Aries
- 23:45 – 02:05 next day Taurus
- 02:05 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 05:49 next day Cancer
- 05:49 – 06:17 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