Durban panchang, 10 April 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 07:56 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:22
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:02
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 07:07
- Karana Kaulava until 14:02, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 23:35
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:13 – 14:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:35 – 06:13 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:35 – 06:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:35 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:31 Pisces
- 06:31 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:15 Gemini
- 13:15 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 16:22 Leo
- 16:22 – 17:46 Virgo
- 17:46 – 19:20 Libra
- 19:20 – 21:15 Scorpio
- 21:15 – 23:30 Sagittarius
- 23:30 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 06:13 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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