Durban panchang, 11 January 2024
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 04:35 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
05:06 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:06 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:13
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:59 to 05:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:57
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:08 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:19
- Karana Naga until 13:57, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:35 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:06 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:13
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. 03:46 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:31
- 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 05:06 – 13:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:07 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
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:27 Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 01:14 next day Libra
- 01:14 – 03:09 next day Scorpio
- 03:09 – 05:07 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