Durban panchang, 13 October 2024
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 13:42 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
05:20 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 18:03
- 05:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:03 to 05:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:39
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 23:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 17:55
- Karana Gara until 05:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:21 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:29 – 03:11 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:55 – 20:19
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. 03:50 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 23:21
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:31 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:11 Leo
- 04:11 – 05:34 Virgo
- 05:34 – 07:09 Libra
- 07:09 – 09:03 Scorpio
- 09:03 – 11:18 Sagittarius
- 11:18 – 13:40 Capricorn
- 13:40 – 15:58 Aquarius
- 15:58 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:56 Taurus
- 22:56 – 00:59 next day Gemini
- 00:59 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 05:19 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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