Durban panchang, 26 October 2023
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 15:48 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:12- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:08 – 06:46
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:35
- 05:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:12 to 05:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:14
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 05:19
- Karana Balava until 06:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:19 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:35
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. 03:40 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:24 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:07 next day | Good |
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
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:46 Virgo
- 04:46 – 06:20 Libra
- 06:20 – 08:15 Scorpio
- 08:15 – 10:30 Sagittarius
- 10:30 – 12:52 Capricorn
- 12:52 – 15:10 Aquarius
- 15:10 – 17:28 Pisces
- 17:28 – 19:48 Aries
- 19:48 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:11 next day Gemini
- 00:11 – 01:53 next day Cancer
- 01:53 – 03:19 next day Leo
- 03:19 – 04:42 next day Virgo
- 04:42 – 05:07 next day Libra
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