Durban panchang, 9 September 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 09:12 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
06:02 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 07:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:34 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:44 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:23
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 18:23, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:34 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:34 – 21:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 22:14
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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 14:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:34 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:58 Cancer
- 04:58 – 06:25 Leo
- 06:25 – 07:48 Virgo
- 07:48 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:17 Scorpio
- 11:17 – 13:32 Sagittarius
- 13:32 – 15:53 Capricorn
- 15:53 – 18:12 Aquarius
- 18:12 – 20:30 Pisces
- 20:30 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 01:09 next day Taurus
- 01:09 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 04:54 next day Cancer
- 04:54 – 06:00 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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