Durban panchang, 15 October 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 15:59 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
05:18 to 18:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:29
- 10:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:19 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:04 to 05:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:49 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:49
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 18:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:43
- Karana Kaulava until 10:33, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:19 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:49 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:18 – 18:38
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. 03:48 – 04:33
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:38 – 05:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:38 – 05:17 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:38 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:54 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Char | 08:30 – 10:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:06 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:03 Leo
- 04:03 – 05:27 Virgo
- 05:27 – 07:01 Libra
- 07:01 – 08:56 Scorpio
- 08:56 – 11:11 Sagittarius
- 11:11 – 13:32 Capricorn
- 13:32 – 15:50 Aquarius
- 15:50 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 20:29 Aries
- 20:29 – 22:48 Taurus
- 22:48 – 00:52 next day Gemini
- 00:52 – 02:33 next day Cancer
- 02:33 – 03:59 next day Leo
- 03:59 – 05:17 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