Durban panchang, 22 September 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 23:07 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
05:46 to 17:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:51
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:51 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:14
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 01:57 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:14, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 05:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:51
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. 04:10 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:32 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:44 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
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:33 Leo
- 05:33 – 06:57 Virgo
- 06:57 – 08:31 Libra
- 08:31 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:41 Sagittarius
- 12:41 – 15:02 Capricorn
- 15:02 – 17:21 Aquarius
- 17:21 – 19:39 Pisces
- 19:39 – 21:59 Aries
- 21:59 – 00:18 next day Taurus
- 00:18 – 02:22 next day Gemini
- 02:22 – 04:03 next day Cancer
- 04:03 – 05:29 next day Leo
- 05:29 – 05:44 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