Durban panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 17:53 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:40 – 08:25
- Yamaganda 10:10 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:08
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:56 to 04:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:17 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 02:17 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 00:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:18, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:17 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:08
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. 03:35 – 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 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:54 – 18:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:54 – 18:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 18:09 – 04:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:09 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:25 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:19 Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 02:21 next day Libra
- 02:21 – 04:15 next day Scorpio
- 04:15 – 04:55 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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