Durban panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 13:07 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
06:16 to 17:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:19
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:08 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:35 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:42
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:38
- Karana Vanija until 08:42, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:08 – 21:13
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 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:35 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:35 | Good |
| Char | 17:35 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:12 Pisces
- 06:12 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:51 Taurus
- 10:51 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 14:36 Cancer
- 14:36 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 20:55 Scorpio
- 20:55 – 23:10 Sagittarius
- 23:10 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 06:08 next day Pisces
- 06:08 – 06:16 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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