Durban panchang, 4 October 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 06:11 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:04 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:24
- 12:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:58 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:01 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:51 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:53 – 01:51 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 03:03 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. 03:58 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:31 – 07:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:10 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:46 Leo
- 04:46 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 07:44 Libra
- 07:44 – 09:39 Scorpio
- 09:39 – 11:54 Sagittarius
- 11:54 – 14:15 Capricorn
- 14:15 – 16:34 Aquarius
- 16:34 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 21:12 Aries
- 21:12 – 23:31 Taurus
- 23:31 – 01:35 next day Gemini
- 01:35 – 03:16 next day Cancer
- 03:16 – 04:42 next day Leo
- 04:42 – 05:30 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