Durban panchang, 13 July 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 11:10 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 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:36
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:12 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:13 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:36
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:44 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 02:45 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:36, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:13 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:36
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:51 – 15:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:44 – 06:51 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. 05:02 – 05:56
- 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 17:12 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:51 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 07:05 Gemini
- 07:05 – 08:46 Cancer
- 08:46 – 10:13 Leo
- 10:13 – 11:36 Virgo
- 11:36 – 13:10 Libra
- 13:10 – 15:05 Scorpio
- 15:05 – 17:20 Sagittarius
- 17:20 – 19:41 Capricorn
- 19:41 – 22:00 Aquarius
- 22:00 – 00:18 next day Pisces
- 00:18 – 02:38 next day Aries
- 02:38 – 04:58 next day Taurus
- 04:58 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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