Durban panchang, 19 April 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 15:24 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
06:18 to 17:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:06
- 07:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:30 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 16:35
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:14
- Karana Vishti until 16:35, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:17 – 16:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 07:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:16 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:08 – 10:24
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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 17:30 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 07:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 16:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 06:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:26 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:30 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:36 Taurus
- 10:36 – 12:39 Gemini
- 12:39 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 18:44 Libra
- 18:44 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:54 Sagittarius
- 22:54 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 06:19 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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