Durban panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:37 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:44
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:59 to 05:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:50 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:50 – 05:14 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. 03:40 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 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 05:00 – 11:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:00 – 16:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:16 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:01 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 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:44 Scorpio
- 03:44 – 05:59 Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 00:11 next day Virgo
- 00:11 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 03:40 next day Scorpio
- 03:40 – 05:01 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