Durban panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 21:56 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 18:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:37
- 06:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:53 to 04:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:36
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 16:03
- Karana Vishti until 06:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:56 – 06:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:03 – 15:03 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:53 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:52 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 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:44 Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:36 Taurus
- 18:36 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 04:40 next day Scorpio
- 04:40 – 04:52 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