Durban panchang, 3 August 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 06:09 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
06:40 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:43
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:21 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:23 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:29 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 07:30
- Karana Shakuni until 12:21, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:21 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
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 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 12:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:43 Gemini
- 05:43 – 07:24 Cancer
- 07:24 – 08:50 Leo
- 08:50 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 11:48 Libra
- 11:48 – 13:43 Scorpio
- 13:43 – 15:58 Sagittarius
- 15:58 – 18:19 Capricorn
- 18:19 – 20:37 Aquarius
- 20:37 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 01:16 next day Aries
- 01:16 – 03:35 next day Taurus
- 03:35 – 05:39 next day Gemini
- 05:39 – 06:39 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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