Durban panchang, 18 August 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 16:08 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
06:27 to 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:32
- 06:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:32 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:01, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:35 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:32
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. 04:43 – 05:35
- 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 17:32 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 06:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 04:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:44 Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 07:51 Leo
- 07:51 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 10:49 Libra
- 10:49 – 12:44 Scorpio
- 12:44 – 14:59 Sagittarius
- 14:59 – 17:20 Capricorn
- 17:20 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:56 Pisces
- 21:56 – 00:17 next day Aries
- 00:17 – 02:36 next day Taurus
- 02:36 – 04:40 next day Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:21 next day Cancer
- 06:21 – 06:26 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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