Durban panchang, 31 January 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 22:04 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
05:24 to 18:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:05 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:50
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:53 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 08:06
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:10
- Karana Taitila until 08:06, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:50
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. 04:00 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 21:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:37 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:09 Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 06:30 Capricorn
- 06:30 – 08:49 Aquarius
- 08:49 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 13:27 Aries
- 13:27 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 19:31 Cancer
- 19:31 – 20:57 Leo
- 20:57 – 22:21 Virgo
- 22:21 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 01:50 next day Scorpio
- 01:50 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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