Durban panchang, 1 October 2024
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 04:54 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
05:34 to 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:23
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:32 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:56 to 05:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:09 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:09
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 05:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 22:47
- Karana Shakuni until 18:09, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:32 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:09 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:57 – 13:13
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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Char | 08:40 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:23 | Good |
| Rog | 16:23 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:23 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:58 Leo
- 04:58 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 12:06 Sagittarius
- 12:06 – 14:27 Capricorn
- 14:27 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 21:24 Aries
- 21:24 – 23:43 Taurus
- 23:43 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 05:33 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