Durban panchang, 16 June 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 13:10 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:02
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:11 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:05 Moon enters Libra
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 01:14 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 17:32
- Karana Taitila until 12:11, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:05 Moon enters Libra
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:32 – 05:48 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 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:50 – 07:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 07:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:51 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 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:48 Taurus
- 06:48 – 08:51 Gemini
- 08:51 – 10:33 Cancer
- 10:33 – 11:59 Leo
- 11:59 – 13:22 Virgo
- 13:22 – 14:56 Libra
- 14:56 – 16:51 Scorpio
- 16:51 – 19:06 Sagittarius
- 19:06 – 21:28 Capricorn
- 21:28 – 23:46 Aquarius
- 23:46 – 02:04 next day Pisces
- 02:04 – 04:24 next day Aries
- 04:24 – 06:44 next day Taurus
- 06:44 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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