Durban panchang, 17 October 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 18:20 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
05:16 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:32
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:50 Moon enters Aries
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:26
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:50 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 22:11
- Karana Bava until 13:26, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:50 Moon enters Aries
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:11 – 23:23
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 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:06 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 12:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 13:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:50 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:55 Leo
- 03:55 – 05:19 Virgo
- 05:19 – 06:53 Libra
- 06:53 – 08:48 Scorpio
- 08:48 – 11:03 Sagittarius
- 11:03 – 13:24 Capricorn
- 13:24 – 15:43 Aquarius
- 15:43 – 18:00 Pisces
- 18:00 – 20:21 Aries
- 20:21 – 22:40 Taurus
- 22:40 – 00:44 next day Gemini
- 00:44 – 02:25 next day Cancer
- 02:25 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 05:15 next day Virgo
- 05:15 – 05:15 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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