Durban panchang, 8 June 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 08:46 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 17:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:28
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:02 to 06:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:26
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 14:56
- Karana Kaulava until 12:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:28
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. 04:57 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:47 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:45 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:00 Aries
- 05:00 – 07:19 Taurus
- 07:19 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:04 Cancer
- 11:04 – 12:30 Leo
- 12:30 – 13:54 Virgo
- 13:54 – 15:28 Libra
- 15:28 – 17:23 Scorpio
- 17:23 – 19:38 Sagittarius
- 19:38 – 21:59 Capricorn
- 21:59 – 00:18 next day Aquarius
- 00:18 – 02:35 next day Pisces
- 02:35 – 04:56 next day Aries
- 04:56 – 06:48 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