Durban panchang, 22 May 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 16:12 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
06:39 to 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- 09:06 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:05 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:25 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 15:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:44 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 09:06
- Karana Vanija until 15:18, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:06 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:25 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:06 – 20:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:05 – 19:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:44 – 06:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:07 Aries
- 06:07 – 08:26 Taurus
- 08:26 – 10:30 Gemini
- 10:30 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 13:37 Leo
- 13:37 – 15:01 Virgo
- 15:01 – 16:35 Libra
- 16:35 – 18:30 Scorpio
- 18:30 – 20:45 Sagittarius
- 20:45 – 23:06 Capricorn
- 23:06 – 01:24 next day Aquarius
- 01:24 – 03:42 next day Pisces
- 03:42 – 06:03 next day Aries
- 06:03 – 06:39 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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