Durban panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 23:53 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:10
- Durmuhurta 17:03 – 17:59
- Rahu Kalam 17:10 – 18:55
- 09:25 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:55 to 04:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 11:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:39 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:30
- Karana Bava until 11:02, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:25 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:03 – 17:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:10 – 18:55
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 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:38 – 08:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:09 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:10 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 04:54 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 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:28 Scorpio
- 04:28 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 02:29 next day Libra
- 02:29 – 04:24 next day Scorpio
- 04:24 – 04:54 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