Durban panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 05:20 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
05:33 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:06 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:18
- 07:29 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:56 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:29, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:29 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:52 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:18
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. 04:00 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:52 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:54 Leo
- 04:54 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 07:52 Libra
- 07:52 – 09:47 Scorpio
- 09:47 – 12:02 Sagittarius
- 12:02 – 14:23 Capricorn
- 14:23 – 16:42 Aquarius
- 16:42 – 18:59 Pisces
- 18:59 – 21:20 Aries
- 21:20 – 23:39 Taurus
- 23:39 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 04:50 next day Leo
- 04:50 – 05:32 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