Durban panchang, 23 January 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 17:41 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
05:17 to 18:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:14
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:57 to 05:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:09
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:56 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 04:09 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:09, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:09 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:09 – 05:21 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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 02:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:17 – 17:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:00 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:40 Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 07:02 Capricorn
- 07:02 – 09:20 Aquarius
- 09:20 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 22:52 Virgo
- 22:52 – 00:27 next day Libra
- 00:27 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:36 next day Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 05:18 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