Durban panchang, 26 September 2024
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 02:06 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
05:41 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:41 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 08:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:42 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:53 to 05:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:18 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 20:10
- Karana Gara until 08:56, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:18 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:18 – 09:50 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. 04:06 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 20:03
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:56 – 05:39 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:03 – 05:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:03 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Char | 10:15 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:39 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
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:18 Leo
- 05:18 – 06:41 Virgo
- 06:41 – 08:15 Libra
- 08:15 – 10:10 Scorpio
- 10:10 – 12:25 Sagittarius
- 12:25 – 14:47 Capricorn
- 14:47 – 17:05 Aquarius
- 17:05 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 21:43 Aries
- 21:43 – 00:03 next day Taurus
- 00:03 – 02:06 next day Gemini
- 02:06 – 03:48 next day Cancer
- 03:48 – 05:14 next day Leo
- 05:14 – 05:39 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