Durban panchang, 29 October 2024
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 03:24 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
05:04 to 18:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:36
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 07:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:14 to 05:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 07:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 15:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:21 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:02, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 07:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:17 – 05:21 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:36
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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:14 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Char | 08:22 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:32 Virgo
- 04:32 – 06:06 Libra
- 06:06 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:16 Sagittarius
- 10:16 – 12:37 Capricorn
- 12:37 – 14:55 Aquarius
- 14:55 – 17:13 Pisces
- 17:13 – 19:34 Aries
- 19:34 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 01:38 next day Cancer
- 01:38 – 03:04 next day Leo
- 03:04 – 04:28 next day Virgo
- 04:28 – 05:03 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