Durban panchang, 26 July 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 23:00 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
06:45 to 17:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:00
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:01 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:01
- Karana Gara until 09:12, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:01 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:00 – 06:53 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. 04:58 – 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 17:19 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:00 – 06:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:00 – 06:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:00 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:19 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:14 Gemini
- 06:14 – 07:55 Cancer
- 07:55 – 09:21 Leo
- 09:21 – 10:45 Virgo
- 10:45 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:14 Scorpio
- 14:14 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:50 Capricorn
- 18:50 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 23:27 Pisces
- 23:27 – 01:47 next day Aries
- 01:47 – 04:06 next day Taurus
- 04:06 – 06:10 next day Gemini
- 06:10 – 06:45 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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