Durban panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 18:53 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
04:55 to 18:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:11
- 06:27 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:56 to 04:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 23:50
- Karana Vishti until 14:22, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:27 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:11
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 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Char | 08:25 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:11 | Good |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:56 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:11 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 04:56 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
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:15 Scorpio
- 04:15 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 18:08 Taurus
- 18:08 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 02:17 next day Libra
- 02:17 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 04:56 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