Durban panchang, 7 September 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 08:08 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
06:04 to 17:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:48
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:43 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:07
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 19:46
- Karana Vishti until 14:07, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 09:04
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. 04:25 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 09:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:04 – 14:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:04 – 06:03 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:04 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:06 Cancer
- 05:06 – 06:32 Leo
- 06:32 – 07:56 Virgo
- 07:56 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:25 Scorpio
- 11:25 – 13:40 Sagittarius
- 13:40 – 16:01 Capricorn
- 16:01 – 18:20 Aquarius
- 18:20 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:21 next day Gemini
- 03:21 – 05:02 next day Cancer
- 05:02 – 06:03 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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