Durban panchang, 17 January 2024
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 11:29 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
05:12 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:49
- 07:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:03 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:03 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 13:42
- Karana Gara until 07:29, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:03 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:37 – 00:03 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 00:03 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:03 – 05:12 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. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- 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 05:12 – 18:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 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
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:04 Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 07:25 Capricorn
- 07:25 – 09:44 Aquarius
- 09:44 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 20:26 Cancer
- 20:26 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 23:16 Virgo
- 23:16 – 00:50 next day Libra
- 00:50 – 02:45 next day Scorpio
- 02:45 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
- 05:00 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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