Durban panchang, 1 July 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 02:13 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 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:03
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:06 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:57 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:11
- Karana Vishti until 06:56, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:03
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 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:49 Taurus
- 05:49 – 07:52 Gemini
- 07:52 – 09:34 Cancer
- 09:34 – 11:00 Leo
- 11:00 – 12:23 Virgo
- 12:23 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 15:52 Scorpio
- 15:52 – 18:07 Sagittarius
- 18:07 – 20:29 Capricorn
- 20:29 – 22:47 Aquarius
- 22:47 – 01:05 next day Pisces
- 01:05 – 03:25 next day Aries
- 03:25 – 05:45 next day Taurus
- 05:45 – 06:53 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