Durban panchang, 4 August 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 06:50 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
06:39 to 17:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:24
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:24 to 06:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:08
- Karana Naga until 13:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:08 – 07:07 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:24
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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:39 – 09:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:00 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:20 Cancer
- 07:20 – 08:46 Leo
- 08:46 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 13:39 Scorpio
- 13:39 – 15:54 Sagittarius
- 15:54 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 22:51 Pisces
- 22:51 – 01:12 next day Aries
- 01:12 – 03:31 next day Taurus
- 03:31 – 05:35 next day Gemini
- 05:35 – 06:38 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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