Durban panchang, 30 September 2024
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 04:28 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
05:36 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:08 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:55 to 05:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:37
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:46 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 21:47
- Karana Vanija until 15:37, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:59
- Gulika 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 15:37 – 04:52 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. 04:02 – 04:49
- 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
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:02 Leo
- 05:02 – 06:26 Virgo
- 06:26 – 08:00 Libra
- 08:00 – 09:55 Scorpio
- 09:55 – 12:10 Sagittarius
- 12:10 – 14:31 Capricorn
- 14:31 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 19:07 Pisces
- 19:07 – 21:28 Aries
- 21:28 – 23:47 Taurus
- 23:47 – 01:51 next day Gemini
- 01:51 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 05:34 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