Durban panchang, 28 January 2024
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 20:47 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
05:21 to 18:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:06 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:55
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:55 to 05:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:22, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:22 – 02:41 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:06 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:55
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. 03:58 – 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
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:03 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:21 Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:42 Capricorn
- 06:42 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 21:09 Leo
- 21:09 – 22:33 Virgo
- 22:33 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:17 next day Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 05:22 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