Durban panchang, 24 June 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 08:17 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 17:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:31
- 10:25 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:04 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:59
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:51
- Karana Kaulava until 15:59, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:25 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:51 – 15:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:31
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) 11:38 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 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
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:43 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)
- 05:02 – 06:16 Taurus
- 06:16 – 08:20 Gemini
- 08:20 – 10:01 Cancer
- 10:01 – 11:27 Leo
- 11:27 – 12:51 Virgo
- 12:51 – 14:25 Libra
- 14:25 – 16:20 Scorpio
- 16:20 – 18:35 Sagittarius
- 18:35 – 20:56 Capricorn
- 20:56 – 23:15 Aquarius
- 23:15 – 01:33 next day Pisces
- 01:33 – 03:53 next day Aries
- 03:53 – 06:12 next day Taurus
- 06:12 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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