Durban panchang, 26 January 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 19:47 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
05:19 to 18:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:14
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 08:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:56 to 05:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:50
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:38 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 08:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:19 – 06:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:58 – 05:20 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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:19 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:29 Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:50 Capricorn
- 06:50 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 21:17 Leo
- 21:17 – 22:41 Virgo
- 22:41 – 00:15 next day Libra
- 00:15 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:25 next day Sagittarius
- 04:25 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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