Durban panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 21:14 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
04:51 to 18:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 17:07
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:52 to 04:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 21:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 17:40
- Karana Gara until 07:26, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:56 – 06:36 next day
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. 03:31 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:26 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Char | 08:21 – 10:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:06 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 04:51 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
- 04:51 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:48 Scorpio
- 04:48 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:40 Taurus
- 18:40 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 22:25 Cancer
- 22:25 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
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