Durban panchang, 15 June 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 12:44 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
06:50 to 17:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:29
- 09:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:02 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:02 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:02
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:42 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:39
- Karana Balava until 09:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:39 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:37 – 16:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 06:50 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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 06:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:50 – 23:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:07 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:45 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:52 Taurus
- 06:52 – 08:55 Gemini
- 08:55 – 10:36 Cancer
- 10:36 – 12:03 Leo
- 12:03 – 13:26 Virgo
- 13:26 – 15:00 Libra
- 15:00 – 16:55 Scorpio
- 16:55 – 19:10 Sagittarius
- 19:10 – 21:32 Capricorn
- 21:32 – 23:50 Aquarius
- 23:50 – 02:08 next day Pisces
- 02:08 – 04:28 next day Aries
- 04:28 – 06:48 next day Taurus
- 06:48 – 06:50 next day Gemini
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