Durban panchang, 15 September 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 14:55 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
05:54 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:47
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:19 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:47 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:42
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:19 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:43
- Karana Balava until 14:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:19 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:47
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:22 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:35 Cancer
- 04:35 – 06:01 Leo
- 06:01 – 07:25 Virgo
- 07:25 – 08:59 Libra
- 08:59 – 10:54 Scorpio
- 10:54 – 13:09 Sagittarius
- 13:09 – 15:30 Capricorn
- 15:30 – 17:48 Aquarius
- 17:48 – 20:06 Pisces
- 20:06 – 22:27 Aries
- 22:27 – 00:46 next day Taurus
- 00:46 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 04:31 next day Cancer
- 04:31 – 05:53 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