Durban panchang, 30 December 2023
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 21:48 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
04:57 to 18:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:57 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 04:57 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:28
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:12 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:12 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:25
- Karana Vishti until 06:14, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:12 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:18 – 06:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:57 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:28
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. 03:37 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 04:58 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
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:00 Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 03:56 next day Scorpio
- 03:56 – 04:58 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