Durban panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 12:33 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 18:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:12 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 05:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:15 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:58 to 05:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 11:17
- Karana Vishti until 05:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:37 – 00:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:51 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:58 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 23:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:28 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:13 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
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:00 Sagittarius
- 05:00 – 07:21 Capricorn
- 07:21 – 09:40 Aquarius
- 09:40 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:22 Cancer
- 20:22 – 21:48 Leo
- 21:48 – 23:12 Virgo
- 23:12 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 02:41 next day Scorpio
- 02:41 – 04:56 next day Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 05:13 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