Durban panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 08:06 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
04:50 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:50 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 04:50 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:21
- 05:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:51 to 04:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:07 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 00:16 next day
- Karana Vanija until 05:46, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:32 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:50 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:21
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. 03:30 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:50 – 01:07 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:50 – 16:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:28 – 01:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:21 | Good |
| Rog | 08:21 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 17:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:51 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
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:55 Scorpio
- 04:55 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 16:28 Aries
- 16:28 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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