Durban panchang, 15 January 2024
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 09:19 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
05:10 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:53 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 12:05 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:59 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:47
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:40 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 19:40
- Karana Bava until 12:05, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:40 – 06:05 next day
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 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 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 02:40 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:37 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:11 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
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:12 Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 07:33 Capricorn
- 07:33 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 20:34 Cancer
- 20:34 – 22:00 Leo
- 22:00 – 23:24 Virgo
- 23:24 – 00:58 next day Libra
- 00:58 – 02:53 next day Scorpio
- 02:53 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
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