Durban panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 19:25 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:51
- 11:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:51 to 04:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 11:01
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 22:33
- Karana Bava until 11:01, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:51
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) 11:23 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:35 – 08:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:20 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 04:51 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 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:56 Scorpio
- 04:56 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 16:29 Aries
- 16:29 – 18:48 Taurus
- 18:48 – 20:52 Gemini
- 20:52 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 02:57 next day Libra
- 02:57 – 04:51 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