Durban panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 09:16 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
04:51 to 18:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:52
- 12:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:52 to 04:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 23:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 21:05
- Karana Balava until 14:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:05 – 22:17
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. 03:31 – 04:11
- 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 18:52 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:24 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:36 – 08:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:21 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 04:51 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:51 Scorpio
- 04:51 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 16:24 Aries
- 16:24 – 18:43 Taurus
- 18:43 – 20:47 Gemini
- 20:47 – 22:28 Cancer
- 22:28 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 02:52 next day Libra
- 02:52 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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