Durban panchang, 20 June 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 15:30 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
06:52 to 17:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:00
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:03 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 14:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:42
- Karana Gara until 16:16, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:00
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 14:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 14:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:02 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:32 Taurus
- 06:32 – 08:36 Gemini
- 08:36 – 10:17 Cancer
- 10:17 – 11:43 Leo
- 11:43 – 13:07 Virgo
- 13:07 – 14:41 Libra
- 14:41 – 16:36 Scorpio
- 16:36 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 21:12 Capricorn
- 21:12 – 23:30 Aquarius
- 23:30 – 01:48 next day Pisces
- 01:48 – 04:09 next day Aries
- 04:09 – 06:28 next day Taurus
- 06:28 – 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