Durban panchang, 29 October 2023
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 19:09 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
05:05 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:14
- 09:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:14 to 05:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:11 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 16:30
- Karana Balava until 09:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:30 – 14:02 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:05 – 01:11 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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:14 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:44 – 08:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:22 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:35 Virgo
- 04:35 – 06:09 Libra
- 06:09 – 08:04 Scorpio
- 08:04 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 12:40 Capricorn
- 12:40 – 14:58 Aquarius
- 14:58 – 17:16 Pisces
- 17:16 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:56 Taurus
- 21:56 – 00:00 next day Gemini
- 00:00 – 01:41 next day Cancer
- 01:41 – 03:07 next day Leo
- 03:07 – 04:31 next day Virgo
- 04:31 – 05:04 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