Durban panchang, 25 July 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 21:55 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
06:46 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:12
- 07:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:28
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:04 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:48, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:18 – 06:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:12
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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 22:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:18 Gemini
- 06:18 – 07:59 Cancer
- 07:59 – 09:25 Leo
- 09:25 – 10:49 Virgo
- 10:49 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:33 Sagittarius
- 16:33 – 18:54 Capricorn
- 18:54 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 23:30 Pisces
- 23:30 – 01:51 next day Aries
- 01:51 – 04:10 next day Taurus
- 04:10 – 06:14 next day Gemini
- 06:14 – 06:45 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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