Durban panchang, 20 January 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 14:42 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
05:14 to 18:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:14 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:14 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:32
- 05:22 Moon enters Taurus
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:58 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 15:57
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 07:35
- Karana Gara until 15:57, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:22 Moon enters Taurus
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:14 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:39 – 05:15 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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 23:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:39 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:40 | Good |
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:52 Sagittarius
- 04:52 – 07:13 Capricorn
- 07:13 – 09:32 Aquarius
- 09:32 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 16:29 Taurus
- 16:29 – 18:33 Gemini
- 18:33 – 20:14 Cancer
- 20:14 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:04 Virgo
- 23:04 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 02:33 next day Scorpio
- 02:33 – 04:48 next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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