Durban panchang, 24 December 2023
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 16:49 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
04:54 to 18:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:10
- Durmuhurta 17:03 – 18:00
- Rahu Kalam 17:10 – 18:56
- 14:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:56 to 04:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 17:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:11 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:37, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:03 – 18:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:10 – 18:56
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 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:49 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:39 – 08:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 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
- 04:54 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:23 Scorpio
- 04:23 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 11:18 Aquarius
- 11:18 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:56 Aries
- 15:56 – 18:16 Taurus
- 18:16 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 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