Durban panchang, 22 December 2023
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 14:39 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
04:53 to 18:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:09
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:55 to 04:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:42 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 07:40
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:09
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 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 18:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 18:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:53 – 03:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:53 – 06:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:31 Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:46 Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 18:23 Taurus
- 18:23 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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