Durban panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 12:33 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
04:52 to 18:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:38
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:54 to 04:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:26
- Karana Bava until 07:44, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:27 – 04:52 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:27 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 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
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:39 Scorpio
- 04:39 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 16:12 Aries
- 16:12 – 18:31 Taurus
- 18:31 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:16 Cancer
- 22:16 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:35 next day Scorpio
- 04:35 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
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