Durban panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 15:44 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:53 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 04:53 – 05:49
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:25
- 05:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:55 to 04:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:47 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 05:37
- Karana Bava until 15:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:47 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:53 – 05:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:25
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. 03:34 – 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 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:24 | Good |
| Rog | 08:24 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 04:54 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
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:27 Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:42 Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 11:22 Aquarius
- 11:22 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 18:20 Taurus
- 18:20 – 20:23 Gemini
- 20:23 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 04:54 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