Durban panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 20:34 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:56 – 06:41
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:09
- 15:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:57 to 04:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 04:30 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 21:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 22:53
- Karana Taitila until 15:49, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:56 – 06:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:53 – 22:58 next day
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:56 – 21:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:56 – 21:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:34 – 04:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:34 – 04:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:56 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:41 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:26 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Char | 10:12 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:12 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 04:57 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
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:08 Scorpio
- 04:08 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 04:57 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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