Durban panchang, 13 April 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 11:20 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
06:14 to 17:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:46
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:14 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:37 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:34
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:03
- Karana Balava until 08:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:03 – 23:27
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 17:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:19 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:37 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:59 Taurus
- 10:59 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 14:44 Cancer
- 14:44 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 17:34 Virgo
- 17:34 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:03 Scorpio
- 21:03 – 23:18 Sagittarius
- 23:18 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 03:58 next day Aquarius
- 03:58 – 06:15 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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