Durban panchang, 27 January 2024
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 20:19 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
05:20 to 18:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:20 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:20 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:32
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:31 Moon enters Leo
- 10:56 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:55 to 05:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:20 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:07 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:20 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:56, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:31 Moon enters Leo
- 10:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:20 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:20 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
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. 03:57 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:20 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:44 | Good |
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:25 Sagittarius
- 04:25 – 06:46 Capricorn
- 06:46 – 09:04 Aquarius
- 09:04 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 21:13 Leo
- 21:13 – 22:37 Virgo
- 22:37 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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