Durban panchang, 6 October 2024
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 07:12 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
05:28 to 17:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:59
- 14:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:59 to 05:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 06:18 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 03:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:22, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 20:41
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:41 – 05:27 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. 03:56 – 04:42
- 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 17:59 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:28 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:02 – 08:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:36 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:35 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:38 Leo
- 04:38 – 06:02 Virgo
- 06:02 – 07:36 Libra
- 07:36 – 09:31 Scorpio
- 09:31 – 11:46 Sagittarius
- 11:46 – 14:07 Capricorn
- 14:07 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 23:23 Taurus
- 23:23 – 01:27 next day Gemini
- 01:27 – 03:08 next day Cancer
- 03:08 – 04:34 next day Leo
- 04:34 – 05:27 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