Durban panchang, 9 January 2024
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 02:33 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
05:05 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:41 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 17:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:52
- Karana Gara until 07:47, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:41 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
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. 03:44 – 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 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:05 – 18:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:49 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Char | 08:33 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:35 Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 07:57 Capricorn
- 07:57 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 23:47 Virgo
- 23:47 – 01:22 next day Libra
- 01:22 – 03:17 next day Scorpio
- 03:17 – 05:06 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