Durban panchang, 3 October 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 05:45 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:32 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:28
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:57 to 05:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:36 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 23:28
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 00:53 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:09, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:36 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:53 – 01:51 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. 03:59 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Char | 10:11 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:50 Leo
- 04:50 – 06:14 Virgo
- 06:14 – 07:48 Libra
- 07:48 – 09:43 Scorpio
- 09:43 – 11:58 Sagittarius
- 11:58 – 14:19 Capricorn
- 14:19 – 16:38 Aquarius
- 16:38 – 18:55 Pisces
- 18:55 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:39 next day Gemini
- 01:39 – 03:20 next day Cancer
- 03:20 – 04:46 next day Leo
- 04:46 – 05:31 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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