Durban panchang, 29 January 2024
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 21:13 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
05:22 to 18:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:04 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:12
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:54 to 05:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:13
- Karana Bava until 16:02, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:14 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:13 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:12
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 – 04:40
- 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 18:54 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:22 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:04 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
| Char | 18:54 – 20:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:17 Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 06:38 Capricorn
- 06:38 – 08:57 Aquarius
- 08:57 – 11:14 Pisces
- 11:14 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 19:39 Cancer
- 19:39 – 21:05 Leo
- 21:05 – 22:29 Virgo
- 22:29 – 00:03 next day Libra
- 00:03 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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