Durban panchang, 23 September 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:51 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
05:44 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:26
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:51 to 05:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 21:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:20
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:39
- Karana Vanija until 10:20, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 21:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:39 – 21:56 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. 04:09 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 18:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 18:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 18:37 – 05:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:37 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:46 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:29 Leo
- 05:29 – 06:53 Virgo
- 06:53 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:37 Sagittarius
- 12:37 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 17:17 Aquarius
- 17:17 – 19:35 Pisces
- 19:35 – 21:55 Aries
- 21:55 – 00:14 next day Taurus
- 00:14 – 02:18 next day Gemini
- 02:18 – 03:59 next day Cancer
- 03:59 – 05:26 next day Leo
- 05:26 – 05:43 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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