Durban panchang, 9 July 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 09:24 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 17:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 15:52
- 15:26 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:10 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 06:45 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:56
- Karana Vanija until 15:26, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 15:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:56 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:26 – 04:22 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:56 – 23:39 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. 05:02 – 05:57
- 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 17:10 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:17 Taurus
- 05:17 – 07:21 Gemini
- 07:21 – 09:02 Cancer
- 09:02 – 10:28 Leo
- 10:28 – 11:52 Virgo
- 11:52 – 13:26 Libra
- 13:26 – 15:21 Scorpio
- 15:21 – 17:36 Sagittarius
- 17:36 – 19:57 Capricorn
- 19:57 – 22:16 Aquarius
- 22:16 – 00:33 next day Pisces
- 00:33 – 02:54 next day Aries
- 02:54 – 05:13 next day Taurus
- 05:13 – 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