Durban panchang, 24 September 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 00:14 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
05:43 to 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:21
- 06:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:52 to 05:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:09
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:56
- Karana Bava until 09:09, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:21
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. 04:08 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:09 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Char | 08:45 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:47 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:13 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:26 Leo
- 05:26 – 06:49 Virgo
- 06:49 – 08:23 Libra
- 08:23 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:33 Sagittarius
- 12:33 – 14:54 Capricorn
- 14:54 – 17:13 Aquarius
- 17:13 – 19:31 Pisces
- 19:31 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 03:55 next day Cancer
- 03:55 – 05:22 next day Leo
- 05:22 – 05:42 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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