Durban panchang, 16 April 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 13:49 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 17:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:09
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:34 to 06:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:54
- Nakshatra Pushya until 01:45 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 19:46
- Karana Bava until 09:54, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:46 – 21:46
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 09:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:45 – 06:17 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:45 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:09 | Good |
| Rog | 16:09 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:34 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:09 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:47 Taurus
- 10:47 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 20:51 Scorpio
- 20:51 – 23:06 Sagittarius
- 23:06 – 01:27 next day Capricorn
- 01:27 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 06:04 next day Pisces
- 06:04 – 06:17 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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