Durban panchang, 19 October 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 20:46 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
05:14 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:14 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:14 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:54
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:16 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:40 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:07 to 05:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:19
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:16 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:11
- Karana Gara until 06:19, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:16 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:40 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:14 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:11 – 10:41 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. 03:45 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:16 – 05:13 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:01 – 05:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 03:47 Leo
- 03:47 – 05:11 Virgo
- 05:11 – 06:45 Libra
- 06:45 – 08:40 Scorpio
- 08:40 – 10:55 Sagittarius
- 10:55 – 13:16 Capricorn
- 13:16 – 15:35 Aquarius
- 15:35 – 17:52 Pisces
- 17:52 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:32 Taurus
- 22:32 – 00:36 next day Gemini
- 00:36 – 02:17 next day Cancer
- 02:17 – 03:43 next day Leo
- 03:43 – 05:07 next day Virgo
- 05:07 – 05:13 next day Libra
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