Durban panchang, 11 September 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 10:39 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:20
- 08:05 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 17:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:24
- Karana Vishti until 08:05, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
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. 04:21 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:51 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 04:51 Cancer
- 04:51 – 06:17 Leo
- 06:17 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 09:14 Libra
- 09:14 – 11:09 Scorpio
- 11:09 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:46 Capricorn
- 15:46 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 20:22 Pisces
- 20:22 – 22:42 Aries
- 22:42 – 01:02 next day Taurus
- 01:02 – 03:05 next day Gemini
- 03:05 – 04:47 next day Cancer
- 04:47 – 05:58 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