Durban panchang, 21 January 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 15:45 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
05:15 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:58
- 06:16 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:57 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:58 to 05:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:16 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:57
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:22 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 06:16
- Karana Vishti until 15:57, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:16 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:16 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:58
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. 03:53 – 04:34
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:16 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
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:48 Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 07:09 Capricorn
- 07:09 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:11 Cancer
- 20:11 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:00 Virgo
- 23:00 – 00:34 next day Libra
- 00:34 – 02:29 next day Scorpio
- 02:29 – 04:44 next day Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 05:16 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