Durban panchang, 15 August 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 12:50 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
06:30 to 17:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:18
- 06:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 06:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:30 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 06:57
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 11:28
- Karana Gara until 06:57, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 06:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:28 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:18
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 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 09:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 06:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:55 Gemini
- 04:55 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:03 Leo
- 08:03 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 11:01 Libra
- 11:01 – 12:55 Scorpio
- 12:55 – 15:10 Sagittarius
- 15:10 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 00:29 next day Aries
- 00:29 – 02:48 next day Taurus
- 02:48 – 04:51 next day Gemini
- 04:51 – 06:29 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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