Durban panchang, 3 June 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 03:16 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:59
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:02 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:49
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:34 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:41 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:00, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:41 – 05:05 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. 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:20 Aries
- 05:20 – 07:39 Taurus
- 07:39 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 11:24 Cancer
- 11:24 – 12:50 Leo
- 12:50 – 14:13 Virgo
- 14:13 – 15:48 Libra
- 15:48 – 17:42 Scorpio
- 17:42 – 19:57 Sagittarius
- 19:57 – 22:19 Capricorn
- 22:19 – 00:37 next day Aquarius
- 00:37 – 02:55 next day Pisces
- 02:55 – 05:16 next day Aries
- 05:16 – 06:46 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