Durban panchang, 22 January 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 16:45 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
05:16 to 18:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 12:52 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:57 to 05:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 16:22
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 04:34 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:52 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:34 – 04:09 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. 03:53 – 04:35
- 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 18:57 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:16 – 01:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 01:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:28 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:57 | Good |
| Char | 18:57 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:44 Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 07:06 Capricorn
- 07:06 – 09:24 Aquarius
- 09:24 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 22:56 Virgo
- 22:56 – 00:30 next day Libra
- 00:30 – 02:25 next day Scorpio
- 02:25 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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