Durban panchang, 13 December 2024
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 17:07 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
04:50 to 18:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:05 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 17:05
- 05:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:49 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:10 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 16:10
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:17 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 08:23
- Karana Kaulava until 05:33, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:49 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 17:05
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. 03:30 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 02:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:50 – 06:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:20 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:05 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 05:04 Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:19 Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 14:16 Pisces
- 14:16 – 16:37 Aries
- 16:37 – 18:56 Taurus
- 18:56 – 21:00 Gemini
- 21:00 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 04:50 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