Durban panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 17:09 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
05:17 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:17
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:05 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:39
- Karana Gara until 07:01, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:47 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:39 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:11 – 03:18 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:47 – 05:16 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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 15:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:59 Leo
- 03:59 – 05:23 Virgo
- 05:23 – 06:57 Libra
- 06:57 – 08:52 Scorpio
- 08:52 – 11:07 Sagittarius
- 11:07 – 13:28 Capricorn
- 13:28 – 15:47 Aquarius
- 15:47 – 18:04 Pisces
- 18:04 – 20:25 Aries
- 20:25 – 22:44 Taurus
- 22:44 – 00:48 next day Gemini
- 00:48 – 02:29 next day Cancer
- 02:29 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 05:16 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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