Durban panchang, 21 September 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 21:57 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
05:47 to 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:47 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:49
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:44
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:06
- Karana Balava until 14:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 05:59 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. 04:11 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 14:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:47 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:37 Leo
- 05:37 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 08:35 Libra
- 08:35 – 10:30 Scorpio
- 10:30 – 12:45 Sagittarius
- 12:45 – 15:06 Capricorn
- 15:06 – 17:25 Aquarius
- 17:25 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 00:22 next day Taurus
- 00:22 – 02:26 next day Gemini
- 02:26 – 04:07 next day Cancer
- 04:07 – 05:33 next day Leo
- 05:33 – 05:46 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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