Durban panchang, 8 October 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 08:34 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
05:26 to 18:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:26
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 05:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:38 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:48
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:38 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 03:06 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:38 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:26
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. 03:55 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 00:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:59 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:31 Leo
- 04:31 – 05:54 Virgo
- 05:54 – 07:28 Libra
- 07:28 – 09:23 Scorpio
- 09:23 – 11:38 Sagittarius
- 11:38 – 13:59 Capricorn
- 13:59 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 23:15 Taurus
- 23:15 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 04:27 next day Leo
- 04:27 – 05:25 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