Durban panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:59 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
05:01 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:01 – 06:46
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:11
- 05:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 05:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:16 next day Moon enters Libra
- 03:18 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:35
- Nakshatra Hasta until 14:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 05:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:16 next day Moon enters Libra
- 03:18 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:01 – 06:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:11
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. 03:41 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:30 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Char | 10:15 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:14 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:31 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:02 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
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:55 Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 00:07 next day Virgo
- 00:07 – 01:41 next day Libra
- 01:41 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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