Durban panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 06:50 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:21
- 06:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:25 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:41 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:17
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:44 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:32
- Karana Bava until 06:17, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:25 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:21
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 06:07 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:44 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 06:44 Leo
- 06:44 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 09:42 Libra
- 09:42 – 11:37 Scorpio
- 11:37 – 13:52 Sagittarius
- 13:52 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 18:32 Aquarius
- 18:32 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 23:10 Aries
- 23:10 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 06:07 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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