Durban panchang, 20 October 2024
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 21:57 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
05:13 to 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:08
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:08 to 05:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 00:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:20 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:41
- Karana Bava until 13:57, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:08
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:50 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:07 Virgo
- 05:07 – 06:41 Libra
- 06:41 – 08:36 Scorpio
- 08:36 – 10:51 Sagittarius
- 10:51 – 13:12 Capricorn
- 13:12 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 20:09 Aries
- 20:09 – 22:28 Taurus
- 22:28 – 00:32 next day Gemini
- 00:32 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 03:39 next day Leo
- 03:39 – 05:03 next day Virgo
- 05:03 – 05:12 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