Durban panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 10:24 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 18:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:36 – 08:21
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:04
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:53 to 04:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 18:01
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:04
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) 11:24 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 21:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:21 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:53 | Good |
| Char | 18:53 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:47 Scorpio
- 04:47 – 07:02 Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 16:20 Aries
- 16:20 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 04:43 next day Scorpio
- 04:43 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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