Durban panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:56 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
04:54 to 18:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:39 – 08:24
- Yamaganda 10:09 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:07
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:56 to 04:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:24
- Karana Kaulava until 13:38, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:07
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. 03:34 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:09 | Good |
| Rog | 10:09 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:24 Scorpio
- 04:24 – 06:39 Sagittarius
- 06:39 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 18:17 Taurus
- 18:17 – 20:20 Gemini
- 20:20 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 02:25 next day Libra
- 02:25 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
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