Durban panchang, 27 May 2024
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 20:39 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
06:41 to 17:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:35 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:04 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 13:24
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 00:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:35 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:41 – 06:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 00:15 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:15 – 06:42 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. 04:52 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:04 | Good |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 13:17 Leo
- 13:17 – 14:41 Virgo
- 14:41 – 16:15 Libra
- 16:15 – 18:10 Scorpio
- 18:10 – 20:25 Sagittarius
- 20:25 – 22:46 Capricorn
- 22:46 – 01:05 next day Aquarius
- 01:05 – 03:22 next day Pisces
- 03:22 – 05:43 next day Aries
- 05:43 – 06:42 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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