Durban panchang, 5 September 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 07:15 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
06:07 to 17:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:07 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:42 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:55 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:37
- Karana Kaulava until 08:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:33 – 00:49 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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:07 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:05 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
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:14 Cancer
- 05:14 – 06:40 Leo
- 06:40 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:48 Sagittarius
- 13:48 – 16:09 Capricorn
- 16:09 – 18:28 Aquarius
- 18:28 – 20:45 Pisces
- 20:45 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:25 next day Taurus
- 01:25 – 03:29 next day Gemini
- 03:29 – 05:10 next day Cancer
- 05:10 – 06:05 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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