Durban panchang, 25 September 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 01:14 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
05:42 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:18
- 08:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:52 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:41
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 20:47
- Karana Kaulava until 08:41, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:47 – 08:29 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. 04:07 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:22 Leo
- 05:22 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 08:19 Libra
- 08:19 – 10:14 Scorpio
- 10:14 – 12:29 Sagittarius
- 12:29 – 14:51 Capricorn
- 14:51 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 19:27 Pisces
- 19:27 – 21:47 Aries
- 21:47 – 00:07 next day Taurus
- 00:07 – 02:10 next day Gemini
- 02:10 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 05:18 next day Leo
- 05:18 – 05:41 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