Durban panchang, 14 October 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 14:51 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
05:19 to 18:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 10:06 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 13:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:04 to 05:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 14:30
- Karana Bava until 13:45, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:31
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:43 – 20:36
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. 03:49 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:19 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:30 – 10:06 | Good |
| Rog | 10:06 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:07 Leo
- 04:07 – 05:31 Virgo
- 05:31 – 07:05 Libra
- 07:05 – 09:00 Scorpio
- 09:00 – 11:14 Sagittarius
- 11:14 – 13:36 Capricorn
- 13:36 – 15:54 Aquarius
- 15:54 – 18:12 Pisces
- 18:12 – 20:33 Aries
- 20:33 – 22:52 Taurus
- 22:52 – 00:56 next day Gemini
- 00:56 – 02:37 next day Cancer
- 02:37 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 05:18 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