Durban panchang, 29 May 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 22:54 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
06:43 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:10
- 10:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:36 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:03 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 04:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 20:03
- Karana Vanija until 10:10, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:36 Moon enters Aquarius
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:36 – 21:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:03 – 17:22 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:43 – 04:01 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. 04:53 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:03 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 04:01 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:10 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:58 Taurus
- 07:58 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 11:43 Cancer
- 11:43 – 13:09 Leo
- 13:09 – 14:33 Virgo
- 14:33 – 16:07 Libra
- 16:07 – 18:02 Scorpio
- 18:02 – 20:17 Sagittarius
- 20:17 – 22:38 Capricorn
- 22:38 – 00:57 next day Aquarius
- 00:57 – 03:15 next day Pisces
- 03:15 – 05:35 next day Aries
- 05:35 – 06:43 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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