Durban panchang, 2 September 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 05:57 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
06:10 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:51 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:40 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 03:55 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:50 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 14:49
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:51, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:26 Cancer
- 05:26 – 06:52 Leo
- 06:52 – 08:16 Virgo
- 08:16 – 09:50 Libra
- 09:50 – 11:45 Scorpio
- 11:45 – 14:00 Sagittarius
- 14:00 – 16:21 Capricorn
- 16:21 – 18:40 Aquarius
- 18:40 – 20:57 Pisces
- 20:57 – 23:18 Aries
- 23:18 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:22 next day Cancer
- 05:22 – 06:09 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