Durban panchang, 26 October 2024
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 02:02 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
05:07 to 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:07 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 05:07 – 05:59
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:56
- 06:15 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:15 Moon enters Leo
- 12:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:12 to 05:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:15 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 02:27 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:49, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:15 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:15 Moon enters Leo
- 12:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:07 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:07 – 05:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:49 – 01:54 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:55 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:48 – 02:03 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. 03:40 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:07 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:23 | Good |
| Rog | 08:23 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:43 Virgo
- 04:43 – 06:17 Libra
- 06:17 – 08:12 Scorpio
- 08:12 – 10:27 Sagittarius
- 10:27 – 12:49 Capricorn
- 12:49 – 15:07 Aquarius
- 15:07 – 17:25 Pisces
- 17:25 – 19:45 Aries
- 19:45 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:08 next day Gemini
- 00:08 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 03:16 next day Leo
- 03:16 – 04:39 next day Virgo
- 04:39 – 05:06 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