Durban panchang, 10 August 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 09:38 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
06:34 to 17:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:44
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:48 Moon enters Libra
- 13:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:28 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:15 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:18 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:21
- Karana Kaulava until 13:01, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:48 Moon enters Libra
- 13:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 02:18 next day
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. 04:49 – 05:42
- 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 17:28 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 02:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:18 – 06:33 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:18 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:28 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:15 Gemini
- 05:15 – 06:56 Cancer
- 06:56 – 08:22 Leo
- 08:22 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:15 Scorpio
- 13:15 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 20:10 Aquarius
- 20:10 – 22:28 Pisces
- 22:28 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 03:07 next day Taurus
- 03:07 – 05:11 next day Gemini
- 05:11 – 06:33 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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