Durban panchang, 28 July 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 00:06 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
06:44 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:20
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:20 to 06:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:58
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 08:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 16:41
- Karana Kaulava until 15:58, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:41 – 19:05
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:17 – 06:43 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:02 – 20:00
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. 04:57 – 05:50
- 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 17:20 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 08:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:06 Gemini
- 06:06 – 07:47 Cancer
- 07:47 – 09:14 Leo
- 09:14 – 10:37 Virgo
- 10:37 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:21 Sagittarius
- 16:21 – 18:42 Capricorn
- 18:42 – 21:01 Aquarius
- 21:01 – 23:19 Pisces
- 23:19 – 01:39 next day Aries
- 01:39 – 03:59 next day Taurus
- 03:59 – 06:02 next day Gemini
- 06:02 – 06:43 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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