Durban panchang, 2 June 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 02:10 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
06:45 to 17:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:02
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:02 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:10 Moon enters Aries
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:11
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:10 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:41
- Karana Bava until 12:23, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:10 Moon enters Aries
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:02
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. 04:55 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:10 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:45 next day | Good |
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
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:43 Taurus
- 07:43 – 09:46 Gemini
- 09:46 – 11:28 Cancer
- 11:28 – 12:54 Leo
- 12:54 – 14:17 Virgo
- 14:17 – 15:51 Libra
- 15:51 – 17:46 Scorpio
- 17:46 – 20:01 Sagittarius
- 20:01 – 22:23 Capricorn
- 22:23 – 00:41 next day Aquarius
- 00:41 – 02:59 next day Pisces
- 02:59 – 05:20 next day Aries
- 05:20 – 06:45 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