Durban panchang, 2 January 2024
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:11 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
05:00 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:14
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:58 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:59 to 05:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:41
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:02 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:41, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:02 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:41 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:14
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. 03:39 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:12 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Char | 08:29 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:14 | Good |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:00 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
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 03:48 Scorpio
- 03:48 – 06:03 Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 08:24 Capricorn
- 08:24 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:40 Taurus
- 17:40 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 00:15 next day Virgo
- 00:15 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 03:44 next day Scorpio
- 03:44 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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