Durban panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 04:48 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:49 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:34
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:39 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 23:39
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 12:47
- Karana Kimstughna until 12:39, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:39 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:47 – 15:11
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. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:39 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:50 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
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 16:40 Aries
- 16:40 – 18:59 Taurus
- 18:59 – 21:03 Gemini
- 21:03 – 22:44 Cancer
- 22:44 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 04:50 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