Durban panchang, 6 January 2024
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 00:33 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
05:02 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:02 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 05:02 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:54
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:30
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:12
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:39 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:50, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:02 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:30
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:39 – 04:39 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. 03:42 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 17:53
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 17:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:03 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
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 10:27 Aquarius
- 10:27 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:28 next day Scorpio
- 03:28 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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