Durban panchang, 30 August 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 04:08 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
06:14 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:13
- 08:04 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:39 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 22:55 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 22:55
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:16
- Karana Kaulava until 10:28, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:04 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 22:55 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:13
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:25 – 06:12 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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 14:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 07:04 Leo
- 07:04 – 08:27 Virgo
- 08:27 – 10:02 Libra
- 10:02 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 14:11 Sagittarius
- 14:11 – 16:33 Capricorn
- 16:33 – 18:51 Aquarius
- 18:51 – 21:09 Pisces
- 21:09 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:49 next day Taurus
- 01:49 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 05:34 next day Cancer
- 05:34 – 06:12 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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