Durban panchang, 9 October 2024
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 09:25 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
05:25 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:17
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:01 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 08:44
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:45 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:22 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:44, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:22 – 04:46 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. 03:54 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:01 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:44 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:27 Leo
- 04:27 – 05:50 Virgo
- 05:50 – 07:24 Libra
- 07:24 – 09:19 Scorpio
- 09:19 – 11:34 Sagittarius
- 11:34 – 13:55 Capricorn
- 13:55 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 18:32 Pisces
- 18:32 – 20:52 Aries
- 20:52 – 23:12 Taurus
- 23:12 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 02:56 next day Cancer
- 02:56 – 04:23 next day Leo
- 04:23 – 05:24 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