Durban panchang, 3 July 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 04:28 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 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:17
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 03:29 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:00, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:31 – 07:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:17
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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:07 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 00:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:37 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:41 Taurus
- 05:41 – 07:44 Gemini
- 07:44 – 09:26 Cancer
- 09:26 – 10:52 Leo
- 10:52 – 12:16 Virgo
- 12:16 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 15:45 Scorpio
- 15:45 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 20:21 Capricorn
- 20:21 – 22:39 Aquarius
- 22:39 – 00:57 next day Pisces
- 00:57 – 03:18 next day Aries
- 03:18 – 05:37 next day Taurus
- 05:37 – 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