Durban panchang, 19 September 2024
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 19:35 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
05:49 to 17:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 10:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:49 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 01:45 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:48
- Karana Taitila until 10:58, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 01:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:45 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:19 Cancer
- 04:19 – 05:45 Leo
- 05:45 – 07:09 Virgo
- 07:09 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 10:38 Scorpio
- 10:38 – 12:53 Sagittarius
- 12:53 – 15:14 Capricorn
- 15:14 – 17:33 Aquarius
- 17:33 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:30 next day Taurus
- 00:30 – 02:34 next day Gemini
- 02:34 – 04:15 next day Cancer
- 04:15 – 05:41 next day Leo
- 05:41 – 05:48 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