Durban panchang, 17 May 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 13:52 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
06:36 to 17:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:49
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:34 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:53 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 06:54 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:36, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:34 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:49
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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 17:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 17:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:26 Aries
- 06:26 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 12:31 Cancer
- 12:31 – 13:57 Leo
- 13:57 – 15:20 Virgo
- 15:20 – 16:54 Libra
- 16:54 – 18:49 Scorpio
- 18:49 – 21:04 Sagittarius
- 21:04 – 23:26 Capricorn
- 23:26 – 01:44 next day Aquarius
- 01:44 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 06:22 next day Aries
- 06:22 – 06:36 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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