Durban panchang, 12 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 11:34 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
05:58 to 17:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 08:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 05:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:03 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:03
- Nakshatra Mula until 18:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:10
- Karana Balava until 08:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
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. 04:20 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- 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 05:58 – 05:57 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:03 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:26 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:47 Cancer
- 04:47 – 06:13 Leo
- 06:13 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 09:10 Libra
- 09:10 – 11:05 Scorpio
- 11:05 – 13:20 Sagittarius
- 13:20 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 20:18 Pisces
- 20:18 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:01 next day Gemini
- 03:01 – 04:43 next day Cancer
- 04:43 – 05:57 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