Durban panchang, 24 October 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 00:48 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
05:09 to 18:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:09 – 06:47
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:34
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:11 to 05:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:28
- Nakshatra Pushya until 04:10 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:52 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:34
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:28 – 04:10 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. 03:41 – 04:25
- 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 18:11 – 20:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:09 – 22:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 04:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:47 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:24 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:51 Virgo
- 04:51 – 06:25 Libra
- 06:25 – 08:20 Scorpio
- 08:20 – 10:35 Sagittarius
- 10:35 – 12:57 Capricorn
- 12:57 – 15:15 Aquarius
- 15:15 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:16 next day Gemini
- 00:16 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 03:24 next day Leo
- 03:24 – 04:47 next day Virgo
- 04:47 – 05:08 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