Durban panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 18:18 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 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:50 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 04:50 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:20
- 04:56 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:51 to 04:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 13:29
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:24 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 04:56
- Karana Vanija until 13:29, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 04:56 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 13:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:50 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:20
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 18:51 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:50 – 00:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:50 – 00:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:50 – 13:29
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:20 | Good |
| Rog | 08:20 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 17:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 05:00 Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 09:36 Capricorn
- 09:36 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 16:33 Aries
- 16:33 – 18:52 Taurus
- 18:52 – 20:56 Gemini
- 20:56 – 22:37 Cancer
- 22:37 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 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