Durban panchang, 19 December 2024
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 22:30 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
04:52 to 18:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:52 – 06:37
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:05
- 06:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:54 to 04:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:29 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:33
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:29 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:03
- Karana Balava until 06:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:29 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:52 – 06:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:03 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:05
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. 03:32 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:37 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:22 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Char | 10:07 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:52 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
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:40 Scorpio
- 04:40 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 16:13 Aries
- 16:13 – 18:32 Taurus
- 18:32 – 20:36 Gemini
- 20:36 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 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