Durban panchang, 9 June 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 09:36 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
06:48 to 17:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:02
- 10:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:02 to 06:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:14
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:50
- Karana Gara until 12:14, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:24 – 12:45 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. 04:58 – 05:53
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:50 – 06:48 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:50 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 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 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:19 Gemini
- 09:19 – 11:00 Cancer
- 11:00 – 12:26 Leo
- 12:26 – 13:50 Virgo
- 13:50 – 15:24 Libra
- 15:24 – 17:19 Scorpio
- 17:19 – 19:34 Sagittarius
- 19:34 – 21:55 Capricorn
- 21:55 – 00:14 next day Aquarius
- 00:14 – 02:31 next day Pisces
- 02:31 – 04:52 next day Aries
- 04:52 – 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