Durban panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 18:25 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
05:51 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:19
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:49 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 19:58
- Karana Balava until 14:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:13 – 19:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:34 – 05:49 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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:49 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:49 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:49 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
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:23 Cancer
- 04:23 – 05:49 Leo
- 05:49 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 08:47 Libra
- 08:47 – 10:42 Scorpio
- 10:42 – 12:57 Sagittarius
- 12:57 – 15:18 Capricorn
- 15:18 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 22:15 Aries
- 22:15 – 00:34 next day Taurus
- 00:34 – 02:38 next day Gemini
- 02:38 – 04:19 next day Cancer
- 04:19 – 05:45 next day Leo
- 05:45 – 05:49 next day Virgo
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