Durban panchang, 29 August 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 03:19 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
06:15 to 17:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:08
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:47
- Karana Bava until 09:55, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:47 – 14:16 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 13:09
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:09 – 06:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:09 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:13 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:42 Cancer
- 05:42 – 07:08 Leo
- 07:08 – 08:31 Virgo
- 08:31 – 10:05 Libra
- 10:05 – 12:00 Scorpio
- 12:00 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 18:55 Aquarius
- 18:55 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 23:34 Aries
- 23:34 – 01:53 next day Taurus
- 01:53 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 05:38 next day Cancer
- 05:38 – 06:14 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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