Durban panchang, 31 August 2024
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 04:50 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
06:12 to 17:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:47
- 11:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:39 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 00:11 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 14:08
- Karana Gara until 11:30, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:08 – 02:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:11 – 12:58 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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:11 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:39 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:34 Cancer
- 05:34 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 08:24 Virgo
- 08:24 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 11:53 Scorpio
- 11:53 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 18:47 Aquarius
- 18:47 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 23:26 Aries
- 23:26 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 05:30 next day Cancer
- 05:30 – 06:11 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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