Durban panchang, 28 June 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:05 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
06:53 to 17:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 15:48
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:05 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:08 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:19 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 18:08
- Karana Bava until 12:57, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:08 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:48
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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:19 – 06:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:00 Taurus
- 06:00 – 08:04 Gemini
- 08:04 – 09:45 Cancer
- 09:45 – 11:12 Leo
- 11:12 – 12:35 Virgo
- 12:35 – 14:09 Libra
- 14:09 – 16:04 Scorpio
- 16:04 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 20:40 Capricorn
- 20:40 – 22:59 Aquarius
- 22:59 – 01:17 next day Pisces
- 01:17 – 03:37 next day Aries
- 03:37 – 05:56 next day Taurus
- 05:56 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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