Durban panchang, 20 September 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 20:46 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
05:48 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:20
- 07:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:50 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:45
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:48
- Karana Vanija until 07:25, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:48 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:20
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 23:12
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:48 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:17 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:15 Cancer
- 04:15 – 05:41 Leo
- 05:41 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 08:39 Libra
- 08:39 – 10:34 Scorpio
- 10:34 – 12:49 Sagittarius
- 12:49 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 17:29 Aquarius
- 17:29 – 19:46 Pisces
- 19:46 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:30 next day Gemini
- 02:30 – 04:11 next day Cancer
- 04:11 – 05:37 next day Leo
- 05:37 – 05:47 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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