Durban panchang, 19 June 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:47 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:13
- 07:35 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:02 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 17:41
- Karana Kaulava until 16:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:35 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:13
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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 13:53 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:53 – 06:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:53 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:52 next day | Bad |
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 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:36 Taurus
- 06:36 – 08:39 Gemini
- 08:39 – 10:21 Cancer
- 10:21 – 11:47 Leo
- 11:47 – 13:11 Virgo
- 13:11 – 14:45 Libra
- 14:45 – 16:40 Scorpio
- 16:40 – 18:54 Sagittarius
- 18:54 – 21:16 Capricorn
- 21:16 – 23:34 Aquarius
- 23:34 – 01:52 next day Pisces
- 01:52 – 04:13 next day Aries
- 04:13 – 06:32 next day Taurus
- 06:32 – 06:52 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