Durban panchang, 9 August 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 09:12 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
06:35 to 17:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:05
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:27 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:44
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 10:15
- Karana Bava until 10:25, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:05
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. 04:50 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:14 – 06:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:44 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:27 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:19 Gemini
- 05:19 – 07:00 Cancer
- 07:00 – 08:26 Leo
- 08:26 – 09:50 Virgo
- 09:50 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:19 Scorpio
- 13:19 – 15:34 Sagittarius
- 15:34 – 17:55 Capricorn
- 17:55 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 22:32 Pisces
- 22:32 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 03:11 next day Taurus
- 03:11 – 05:15 next day Gemini
- 05:15 – 06:34 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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