Durban panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 13:36 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:52 – 06:38
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:06
- 06:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:39 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:54 to 04:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 09:57
- Karana Kaulava until 06:07, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:39 Moon enters Aries
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:52 – 06:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:29
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:57 – 20:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:06
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. 03:33 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:52 – 18:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:52 – 04:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 04:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:39 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:38 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:23 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Char | 10:08 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 04:53 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
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:35 Scorpio
- 04:35 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:27 Taurus
- 18:27 – 20:31 Gemini
- 20:31 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 04:53 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