Durban panchang, 19 December 2023
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 11:29 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 17:08
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:53 to 04:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:07
- Karana Vanija until 09:37, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:37 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:50 – 20:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:07 – 12:26 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:08
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:51 – 20:32
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. 03:32 – 04:12
- 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 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 04:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:32 – 04:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:32 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Char | 08:22 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 17:08 | Good |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 04:52 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
- 04:51 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:43 Scorpio
- 04:43 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 09:19 Capricorn
- 09:19 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 16:16 Aries
- 16:16 – 18:35 Taurus
- 18:35 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 04:39 next day Scorpio
- 04:39 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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