Durban panchang, 17 August 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 14:57 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
06:28 to 17:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:46
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:31 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:17
- Karana Kaulava until 15:33, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:58 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:46
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. 04:44 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:21 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:48 Gemini
- 04:48 – 06:29 Cancer
- 06:29 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 09:19 Virgo
- 09:19 – 10:53 Libra
- 10:53 – 12:48 Scorpio
- 12:48 – 15:03 Sagittarius
- 15:03 – 17:24 Capricorn
- 17:24 – 19:42 Aquarius
- 19:42 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 00:21 next day Aries
- 00:21 – 02:40 next day Taurus
- 02:40 – 04:44 next day Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:25 next day Cancer
- 06:25 – 06:27 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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