Durban panchang, 5 October 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 06:40 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
05:30 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:30 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 05:30 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:51
- 15:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:58 to 05:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:38 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:12, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:30 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
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. 03:57 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 18:03
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 18:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:03 – 05:28 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:20 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:10 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:28 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
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:42 Leo
- 04:42 – 06:06 Virgo
- 06:06 – 07:40 Libra
- 07:40 – 09:35 Scorpio
- 09:35 – 11:50 Sagittarius
- 11:50 – 14:11 Capricorn
- 14:11 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 23:27 Taurus
- 23:27 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 05:28 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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