Durban panchang, 8 December 2024
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 11:30 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:48 to 18:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:47
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:47 to 04:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 00:23 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:14, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:55 – 04:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:14 – 17:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:47
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. 03:28 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:33 – 08:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:18 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 04:49 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
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 03:28 Libra
- 03:28 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:38 Sagittarius
- 07:38 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 14:36 Pisces
- 14:36 – 16:56 Aries
- 16:56 – 19:16 Taurus
- 19:16 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 23:01 Cancer
- 23:01 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
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