Durban panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 19:47 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
04:56 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:41
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:57 to 04:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 23:10
- Karana Balava until 14:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:41
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. 03:36 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:57 – 20:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:16 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:12 Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:13 next day Libra
- 02:13 – 04:08 next day Scorpio
- 04:08 – 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