Durban panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 14:25 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
06:17 to 17:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:19
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:33 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:26 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:44
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:26 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 20:20
- Karana Kaulava until 11:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:26 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:20 – 22:44
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:33 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:33 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:04 Pisces
- 06:04 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 12:47 Gemini
- 12:47 – 14:28 Cancer
- 14:28 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 17:18 Virgo
- 17:18 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 20:47 Scorpio
- 20:47 – 23:02 Sagittarius
- 23:02 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 03:42 next day Aquarius
- 03:42 – 06:00 next day Pisces
- 06:00 – 06:17 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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