Durban panchang, 2 August 2024
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 05:22 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
06:41 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:03
- 07:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:57 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:23 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:11 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:57
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 11:57, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:11 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:15 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:03
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. 04:54 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:41 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:46 Gemini
- 05:46 – 07:28 Cancer
- 07:28 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 10:18 Virgo
- 10:18 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 13:47 Scorpio
- 13:47 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 18:23 Capricorn
- 18:23 – 20:41 Aquarius
- 20:41 – 22:59 Pisces
- 22:59 – 01:20 next day Aries
- 01:20 – 03:39 next day Taurus
- 03:39 – 05:43 next day Gemini
- 05:43 – 06:40 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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