Durban panchang, 29 September 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 04:00 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
05:37 to 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:55
- 13:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:55 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:18
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:57
- Karana Taitila until 13:18, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:55
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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:09 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:06 Leo
- 05:06 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:04 Libra
- 08:04 – 09:59 Scorpio
- 09:59 – 12:13 Sagittarius
- 12:13 – 14:35 Capricorn
- 14:35 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:51 Taurus
- 23:51 – 01:55 next day Gemini
- 01:55 – 03:36 next day Cancer
- 03:36 – 05:02 next day Leo
- 05:02 – 05:36 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