Durban panchang, 5 December 2023
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 00:18 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:48 to 18:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:59
- 07:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:44 to 04:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:07
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:07 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:11
- Karana Balava until 07:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:59
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. 03:27 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:48 – 21:07
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:33 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Char | 08:17 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:59 | Good |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:44 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:02 – 02:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:17 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:43 Libra
- 03:43 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:50 Pisces
- 14:50 – 17:11 Aries
- 17:11 – 19:30 Taurus
- 19:30 – 21:34 Gemini
- 21:34 – 23:15 Cancer
- 23:15 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
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