Durban panchang, 6 May 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 04:23 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
06:29 to 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:06
- 11:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:13 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:15 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 14:13 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:58
- Karana Vanija until 11:10, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:13 Moon enters Aries
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:10 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:06
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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:49 Pisces
- 04:49 – 07:10 Aries
- 07:10 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 14:40 Leo
- 14:40 – 16:04 Virgo
- 16:04 – 17:38 Libra
- 17:38 – 19:33 Scorpio
- 19:33 – 21:47 Sagittarius
- 21:47 – 00:09 next day Capricorn
- 00:09 – 02:27 next day Aquarius
- 02:27 – 04:45 next day Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:29 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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