Durban panchang, 28 October 2024
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 02:58 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
05:05 to 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:44 – 08:22
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:36
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:14 to 05:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 07:02 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 04:17 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 17:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:40 Moon enters Virgo
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:17 – 05:21 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. 03:38 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:22 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:00 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:36 Virgo
- 04:36 – 06:10 Libra
- 06:10 – 08:05 Scorpio
- 08:05 – 10:19 Sagittarius
- 10:19 – 12:41 Capricorn
- 12:41 – 14:59 Aquarius
- 14:59 – 17:17 Pisces
- 17:17 – 19:38 Aries
- 19:38 – 21:57 Taurus
- 21:57 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 01:42 next day Cancer
- 01:42 – 03:08 next day Leo
- 03:08 – 04:32 next day Virgo
- 04:32 – 05:04 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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