Durban panchang, 6 August 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 07:54 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:04
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:25 to 06:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:22
- Nakshatra Magha until 14:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 07:29
- Karana Kaulava until 16:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:29 – 19:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:04
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. 04:52 – 05:45
- 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 17:25 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:22 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Char | 09:20 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:43 – 16:04 | Good |
| Rog | 16:04 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:25 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:31 Gemini
- 05:31 – 07:12 Cancer
- 07:12 – 08:38 Leo
- 08:38 – 10:02 Virgo
- 10:02 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 13:31 Scorpio
- 13:31 – 15:46 Sagittarius
- 15:46 – 18:07 Capricorn
- 18:07 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 22:43 Pisces
- 22:43 – 01:04 next day Aries
- 01:04 – 03:23 next day Taurus
- 03:23 – 05:27 next day Gemini
- 05:27 – 06:37 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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