Durban panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 00:00 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
05:10 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:10 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:45 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 02:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:48, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
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. 03:42 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:10 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:10 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:12 – 02:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:55 Virgo
- 04:55 – 06:29 Libra
- 06:29 – 08:24 Scorpio
- 08:24 – 10:39 Sagittarius
- 10:39 – 13:00 Capricorn
- 13:00 – 15:19 Aquarius
- 15:19 – 17:37 Pisces
- 17:37 – 19:57 Aries
- 19:57 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:20 next day Gemini
- 00:20 – 02:01 next day Cancer
- 02:01 – 03:28 next day Leo
- 03:28 – 04:51 next day Virgo
- 04:51 – 05:09 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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