Durban panchang, 25 April 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 18:13 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
06:22 to 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:22 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:12
- 15:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:30 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:24 to 06:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 04:16 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:22 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:50, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:34 – 01:22 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:12
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. 04:38 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:53 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:22 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:02 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:02 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:16 Gemini
- 12:16 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 15:23 Leo
- 15:23 – 16:47 Virgo
- 16:47 – 18:21 Libra
- 18:21 – 20:16 Scorpio
- 20:16 – 22:31 Sagittarius
- 22:31 – 00:52 next day Capricorn
- 00:52 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 06:22 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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