Durban panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 23:27 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
04:53 to 18:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:53 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 04:53 – 05:49
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:24
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:55 to 04:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:51
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:44 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 14:52
- Karana Vanija until 08:51, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:53 – 05:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:51 – 21:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:24
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:44 – 04:53 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. 03:33 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 02:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:23 | Good |
| Rog | 08:23 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:32 Scorpio
- 04:32 – 06:47 Sagittarius
- 06:47 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:28 Gemini
- 20:28 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:28 next day Scorpio
- 04:28 – 04:53 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