Durban panchang, 16 January 2024
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 10:25 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
05:11 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 09:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:59 to 05:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:28
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 01:08 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 16:30
- Karana Kaulava until 09:34, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 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. 03:49 – 04:30
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:11 – 01:08 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 01:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 01:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:54 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Char | 08:38 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:12 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
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:08 Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 07:29 Capricorn
- 07:29 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 20:30 Cancer
- 20:30 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 23:20 Virgo
- 23:20 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 02:49 next day Scorpio
- 02:49 – 05:04 next day Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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