Durban panchang, 28 October 2023
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 18:01 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
05:06 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:06 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 05:06 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:56
- 11:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:13 to 05:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:24
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:24 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 19:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:33, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:21 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:47 – 04:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:06 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:06 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
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 – 04:22
- 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 18:13 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:06 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:44 – 08:23 | Good |
| Rog | 08:23 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:05 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
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:38 Virgo
- 04:38 – 06:13 Libra
- 06:13 – 08:07 Scorpio
- 08:07 – 10:22 Sagittarius
- 10:22 – 12:44 Capricorn
- 12:44 – 15:02 Aquarius
- 15:02 – 17:20 Pisces
- 17:20 – 19:41 Aries
- 19:41 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:03 next day Gemini
- 00:03 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 03:11 next day Leo
- 03:11 – 04:35 next day Virgo
- 04:35 – 05:05 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