Durban panchang, 22 October 2024
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:09 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
05:11 to 18:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:32
- 05:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 05:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:59
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 05:15
- Karana Gara until 10:23, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:32
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. 03:43 – 04:27
- 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 18:09 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 02:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Char | 08:25 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:59 Virgo
- 04:59 – 06:33 Libra
- 06:33 – 08:28 Scorpio
- 08:28 – 10:43 Sagittarius
- 10:43 – 13:04 Capricorn
- 13:04 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 17:41 Pisces
- 17:41 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 22:20 Taurus
- 22:20 – 00:24 next day Gemini
- 00:24 – 02:05 next day Cancer
- 02:05 – 03:32 next day Leo
- 03:32 – 04:55 next day Virgo
- 04:55 – 05:10 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