Durban panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 12:34 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:49 to 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:33 – 08:18
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 16:00
- 05:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:47 to 04:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:35
- Karana Balava until 15:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:35 – 18:32 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. 03:28 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:26 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:18 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:49 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
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:53 Aries
- 16:53 – 19:12 Taurus
- 19:12 – 21:15 Gemini
- 21:15 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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