Durban panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 05:47 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:15
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:59 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 10:34
- Karana Bava until 10:53, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 21:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:34 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 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. 03:46 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 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 05:07 – 10:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:48 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:07 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:52 – 05:08 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
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:24 Sagittarius
- 05:24 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 22:12 Leo
- 22:12 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 01:10 next day Libra
- 01:10 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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