Durban panchang, 14 May 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 12:23 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:50
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:10 to 06:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 04:11 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:00, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:49 – 11:55 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:55 – 13:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:01 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:55 – 04:07 next day
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. 04:47 – 05:40
- 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 17:10 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 09:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:35 – 06:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:49 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:34 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:38 Aries
- 06:38 – 08:57 Taurus
- 08:57 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 12:42 Cancer
- 12:42 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 15:32 Virgo
- 15:32 – 17:06 Libra
- 17:06 – 19:01 Scorpio
- 19:01 – 21:16 Sagittarius
- 21:16 – 23:37 Capricorn
- 23:37 – 01:56 next day Aquarius
- 01:56 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 06:34 next day Aries
- 06:34 – 06:34 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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