Durban panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 22:18 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
04:58 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:06 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:58
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 08:26
- Nakshatra Magha until 05:06 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 00:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:06 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:58
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. 03:38 – 04:18
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:43 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:44 – 04:59 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
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:56 Scorpio
- 03:56 – 06:11 Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 04:59 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