Durban panchang, 31 May 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 00:00 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:45
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:03 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:18 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:34
- Karana Taitila until 17:02, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
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. 04:54 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:03 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 11:35 Cancer
- 11:35 – 13:02 Leo
- 13:02 – 14:25 Virgo
- 14:25 – 15:59 Libra
- 15:59 – 17:54 Scorpio
- 17:54 – 20:09 Sagittarius
- 20:09 – 22:31 Capricorn
- 22:31 – 00:49 next day Aquarius
- 00:49 – 03:07 next day Pisces
- 03:07 – 05:27 next day Aries
- 05:27 – 06:44 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method