Durban panchang, 17 June 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 13:38 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
06:51 to 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:00
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:55 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:20 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 18:04
- Karana Vanija until 14:09, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:51 – 10:20
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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 10:20
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:51 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:44 Taurus
- 06:44 – 08:47 Gemini
- 08:47 – 10:29 Cancer
- 10:29 – 11:55 Leo
- 11:55 – 13:18 Virgo
- 13:18 – 14:52 Libra
- 14:52 – 16:47 Scorpio
- 16:47 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 21:24 Capricorn
- 21:24 – 23:42 Aquarius
- 23:42 – 02:00 next day Pisces
- 02:00 – 04:21 next day Aries
- 04:21 – 06:40 next day Taurus
- 06:40 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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