Durban panchang, 24 May 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 17:38 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
06:40 to 17:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:47
- 06:40 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 07:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:55
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 07:51
- Karana Kaulava until 15:55, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:40 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 07:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 06:40 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. 04:51 – 05:45
- 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 17:05 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 15:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:59 Aries
- 05:59 – 08:18 Taurus
- 08:18 – 10:22 Gemini
- 10:22 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 13:29 Leo
- 13:29 – 14:53 Virgo
- 14:53 – 16:27 Libra
- 16:27 – 18:22 Scorpio
- 18:22 – 20:37 Sagittarius
- 20:37 – 22:58 Capricorn
- 22:58 – 01:17 next day Aquarius
- 01:17 – 03:34 next day Pisces
- 03:34 – 05:55 next day Aries
- 05:55 – 06:40 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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