Durban panchang, 5 July 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 06:34 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 17:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 15:51
- 13:09 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:08 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:57 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 00:36 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:18 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:09, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:09 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:18 – 03:54 next day
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:36 – 06:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:57 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:18 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)
- 05:03 – 05:33 Taurus
- 05:33 – 07:37 Gemini
- 07:37 – 09:18 Cancer
- 09:18 – 10:44 Leo
- 10:44 – 12:08 Virgo
- 12:08 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 15:37 Scorpio
- 15:37 – 17:52 Sagittarius
- 17:52 – 20:13 Capricorn
- 20:13 – 22:31 Aquarius
- 22:31 – 00:49 next day Pisces
- 00:49 – 03:10 next day Aries
- 03:10 – 05:29 next day Taurus
- 05:29 – 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