Durban panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 16:05 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
05:53 to 17:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 11:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:48 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 11:40
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:11
- Karana Taitila until 11:40, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 11:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:18 – 06:18 next day
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. 04:16 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:03 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:48 | Good |
| Char | 17:48 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:31 Cancer
- 04:31 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 07:21 Virgo
- 07:21 – 08:55 Libra
- 08:55 – 10:50 Scorpio
- 10:50 – 13:05 Sagittarius
- 13:05 – 15:26 Capricorn
- 15:26 – 17:44 Aquarius
- 17:44 – 20:02 Pisces
- 20:02 – 22:23 Aries
- 22:23 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 02:46 next day Gemini
- 02:46 – 04:27 next day Cancer
- 04:27 – 05:52 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