Durban panchang, 12 October 2024
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 12:34 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
05:22 to 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:22 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:22 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:52
- 07:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:02 to 05:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:57 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:51
- Karana Kaulava until 07:29, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:22 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:51 – 22:51
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. 03:51 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:22 – 00:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:22 – 05:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:22 – 07:29
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:22 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:20 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
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:15 Leo
- 04:15 – 05:38 Virgo
- 05:38 – 07:12 Libra
- 07:12 – 09:07 Scorpio
- 09:07 – 11:22 Sagittarius
- 11:22 – 13:44 Capricorn
- 13:44 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 23:00 Taurus
- 23:00 – 01:03 next day Gemini
- 01:03 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:11 next day Leo
- 04:11 – 05:20 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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