Durban panchang, 30 October 2024
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 03:49 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
05:03 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- 05:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:15 to 05:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:46
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:21
- Karana Vanija until 09:46, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:06 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:21 – 06:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
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. 03:37 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:15 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 18:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:21 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:28 Virgo
- 04:28 – 06:02 Libra
- 06:02 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 10:12 Sagittarius
- 10:12 – 12:33 Capricorn
- 12:33 – 14:51 Aquarius
- 14:51 – 17:09 Pisces
- 17:09 – 19:30 Aries
- 19:30 – 21:49 Taurus
- 21:49 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:00 next day Leo
- 03:00 – 04:24 next day Virgo
- 04:24 – 05:03 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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