Durban panchang, 6 July 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 07:28 Ashadha 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 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:34
- 12:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:08 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:17 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 23:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 12:52, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:04 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:34
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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:52 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:29 Taurus
- 05:29 – 07:33 Gemini
- 07:33 – 09:14 Cancer
- 09:14 – 10:40 Leo
- 10:40 – 12:04 Virgo
- 12:04 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 15:33 Scorpio
- 15:33 – 17:48 Sagittarius
- 17:48 – 20:09 Capricorn
- 20:09 – 22:28 Aquarius
- 22:28 – 00:45 next day Pisces
- 00:45 – 03:06 next day Aries
- 03:06 – 05:25 next day Taurus
- 05:25 – 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