Durban panchang, 14 August 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 11:58 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
06:31 to 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- 06:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:42 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:30 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:54
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:42 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 12:35
- Karana Kaulava until 06:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:42 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:02 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:35 – 11:28 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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:31 – 08:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 08:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:59 Gemini
- 04:59 – 06:41 Cancer
- 06:41 – 08:07 Leo
- 08:07 – 09:30 Virgo
- 09:30 – 11:04 Libra
- 11:04 – 12:59 Scorpio
- 12:59 – 15:14 Sagittarius
- 15:14 – 17:36 Capricorn
- 17:36 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 22:12 Pisces
- 22:12 – 00:33 next day Aries
- 00:33 – 02:52 next day Taurus
- 02:52 – 04:55 next day Gemini
- 04:55 – 06:30 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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