Durban panchang, 13 September 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 12:36 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
05:57 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:17
- 07:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:46 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:00
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:05 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:17
- Karana Taitila until 07:37, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:17
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. 04:19 – 05:08
- 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 17:46 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:00 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:24 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:43 Cancer
- 04:43 – 06:09 Leo
- 06:09 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:01 Scorpio
- 11:01 – 13:16 Sagittarius
- 13:16 – 15:38 Capricorn
- 15:38 – 17:56 Aquarius
- 17:56 – 20:14 Pisces
- 20:14 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:54 next day Taurus
- 00:54 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 04:39 next day Cancer
- 04:39 – 05:56 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