Durban panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 01:45 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
05:04 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:48 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:12
- 08:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:59 to 05:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:29
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 23:25
- Karana Kaulava until 08:59, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:22 – 03:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:12
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. 03:43 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- 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 05:04 – 18:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:39 Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 08:01 Capricorn
- 08:01 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 22:28 Leo
- 22:28 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 01:25 next day Libra
- 01:25 – 03:20 next day Scorpio
- 03:20 – 05:05 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