Durban panchang, 27 September 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 02:51 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
05:39 to 17:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:22
- 09:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 09:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:54 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:31 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 09:50
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 20:03
- Karana Vishti until 09:50, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 09:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:31 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:18 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 21:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:50 – 05:38 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. 04:05 – 04:52
- 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 17:54 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:50 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:39 – 07:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:54 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:14 Leo
- 05:14 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:06 Scorpio
- 10:06 – 12:21 Sagittarius
- 12:21 – 14:43 Capricorn
- 14:43 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 19:19 Pisces
- 19:19 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:59 Taurus
- 23:59 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 03:44 next day Cancer
- 03:44 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 05:38 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