Durban panchang, 4 June 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 04:23 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
06:46 to 17:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:45
- 07:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:02 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:48 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:31
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:48
- Karana Gara until 07:39, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:48 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 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. 04:56 – 05:51
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 18:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:04 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Char | 09:20 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Rog | 15:45 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:20 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:16 Aries
- 05:16 – 07:35 Taurus
- 07:35 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 11:20 Cancer
- 11:20 – 12:46 Leo
- 12:46 – 14:10 Virgo
- 14:10 – 15:44 Libra
- 15:44 – 17:39 Scorpio
- 17:39 – 19:53 Sagittarius
- 19:53 – 22:15 Capricorn
- 22:15 – 00:33 next day Aquarius
- 00:33 – 02:51 next day Pisces
- 02:51 – 05:12 next day Aries
- 05:12 – 06:46 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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