Durban panchang, 30 December 2024
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 04:02 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
04:58 to 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:43 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:10
- 12:33 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:26 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:02
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:33, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:33 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:27 – 04:59 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. 03:38 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:57 Scorpio
- 03:57 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 01:58 next day Libra
- 01:58 – 03:53 next day Scorpio
- 03:53 – 04:59 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