Durban panchang, 20 May 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 15:10 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
06:37 to 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:06 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:16 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:39
- Karana Balava until 12:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Moon enters Libra
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:39 – 09:05 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:37 – 02:16 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. 04:49 – 05:43
- 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 17:06 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:16 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:15 Aries
- 06:15 – 08:34 Taurus
- 08:34 – 10:37 Gemini
- 10:37 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 13:45 Leo
- 13:45 – 15:09 Virgo
- 15:09 – 16:43 Libra
- 16:43 – 18:38 Scorpio
- 18:38 – 20:52 Sagittarius
- 20:52 – 23:14 Capricorn
- 23:14 – 01:32 next day Aquarius
- 01:32 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 06:11 next day Aries
- 06:11 – 06:38 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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