Durban panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 23:00 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
04:52 to 18:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:09
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:41 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:54 to 04:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:19
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:17 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:41
- Karana Taitila until 07:19, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:09
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:52 – 00:17 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. 03:32 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 04:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:17 – 04:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:17 – 04:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:17 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:52 – 06:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 04:53 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
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:36 Scorpio
- 04:36 – 06:51 Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 16:09 Aries
- 16:09 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:32 next day Scorpio
- 04:32 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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