Durban panchang, 24 January 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 18:29 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
05:18 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:49
- 05:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:20 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:57 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:20
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:46 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Gara until 05:42, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:20 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:16 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
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
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 07:04 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. 03:55 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:01 – 04:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:36 Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 06:58 Capricorn
- 06:58 – 09:16 Aquarius
- 09:16 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 19:59 Cancer
- 19:59 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 22:49 Virgo
- 22:49 – 00:23 next day Libra
- 00:23 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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