Durban panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 23:03 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
05:12 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:49 – 08:26
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:33
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 11:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:45 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:08 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:59
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:21 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 07:41
- Karana Kaulava until 11:48, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 11:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:26
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:41 – 18:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:33
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:59 – 02:21 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. 03:43 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:12 – 22:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 02:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:21 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:26 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:03 Virgo
- 05:03 – 06:37 Libra
- 06:37 – 08:32 Scorpio
- 08:32 – 10:47 Sagittarius
- 10:47 – 13:08 Capricorn
- 13:08 – 15:27 Aquarius
- 15:27 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 22:24 Taurus
- 22:24 – 00:28 next day Gemini
- 00:28 – 02:09 next day Cancer
- 02:09 – 03:35 next day Leo
- 03:35 – 04:59 next day Virgo
- 04:59 – 05:11 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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