Durban panchang, 14 January 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 08:11 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
05:09 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:29 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:09
- Karana Vanija until 14:58, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:09 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:52 – 23:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:58 – 01:29 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
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. 03:48 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 04:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:53 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:16 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:10 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
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:16 Sagittarius
- 05:16 – 07:37 Capricorn
- 07:37 – 09:56 Aquarius
- 09:56 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 23:28 Virgo
- 23:28 – 01:02 next day Libra
- 01:02 – 02:57 next day Scorpio
- 02:57 – 05:10 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