Durban panchang, 21 June 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 16:22 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:46
- 14:48 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:48 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:03 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:07 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:11
- Karana Vishti until 15:39, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:48 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:48 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:52 – 14:48
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 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:07 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:03 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:28 Taurus
- 06:28 – 08:32 Gemini
- 08:32 – 10:13 Cancer
- 10:13 – 11:39 Leo
- 11:39 – 13:03 Virgo
- 13:03 – 14:37 Libra
- 14:37 – 16:32 Scorpio
- 16:32 – 18:47 Sagittarius
- 18:47 – 21:08 Capricorn
- 21:08 – 23:27 Aquarius
- 23:27 – 01:44 next day Pisces
- 01:44 – 04:05 next day Aries
- 04:05 – 06:24 next day Taurus
- 06:24 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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