Durban panchang, 27 October 2023
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 16:54 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
05:07 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:34
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:12 to 05:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:01 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:47 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 22:31
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:01 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:31 – 23:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:47 – 04:01 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. 03:39 – 04:23
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 04:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 04:01 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 04:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:01 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:07 – 06:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:01 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:22 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:42 Virgo
- 04:42 – 06:16 Libra
- 06:16 – 08:11 Scorpio
- 08:11 – 10:26 Sagittarius
- 10:26 – 12:48 Capricorn
- 12:48 – 15:06 Aquarius
- 15:06 – 17:24 Pisces
- 17:24 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 22:04 Taurus
- 22:04 – 00:07 next day Gemini
- 00:07 – 01:49 next day Cancer
- 01:49 – 03:15 next day Leo
- 03:15 – 04:38 next day Virgo
- 04:38 – 05:06 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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