Durban panchang, 12 July 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 10:45 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:54
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:03
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 01:44 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:03, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 22:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:38 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:54
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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 12:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:51 – 09:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:51 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:05 Taurus
- 05:05 – 07:09 Gemini
- 07:09 – 08:50 Cancer
- 08:50 – 10:16 Leo
- 10:16 – 11:40 Virgo
- 11:40 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:09 Scorpio
- 15:09 – 17:24 Sagittarius
- 17:24 – 19:45 Capricorn
- 19:45 – 22:04 Aquarius
- 22:04 – 00:22 next day Pisces
- 00:22 – 02:42 next day Aries
- 02:42 – 05:01 next day Taurus
- 05:01 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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