Durban panchang, 7 October 2024
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 07:50 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
05:27 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:01 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 10:09 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:29
- 06:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 06:18
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 03:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:18, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:29
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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 22:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:55 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:27 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:01 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:35 – 10:09 | Good |
| Rog | 10:09 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:09 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:34 Leo
- 04:34 – 05:58 Virgo
- 05:58 – 07:32 Libra
- 07:32 – 09:27 Scorpio
- 09:27 – 11:42 Sagittarius
- 11:42 – 14:03 Capricorn
- 14:03 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 23:19 Taurus
- 23:19 – 01:23 next day Gemini
- 01:23 – 03:04 next day Cancer
- 03:04 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 05:26 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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