Durban panchang, 30 October 2023
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 20:16 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
05:04 to 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:43 – 08:22
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:36
- 06:58 Moon enters Taurus
- 07:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:14 to 05:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:53
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:30 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:02
- Karana Taitila until 07:34, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:58 Moon enters Taurus
- 07:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:36
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. 03:37 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:30 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:22 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:31 Virgo
- 04:31 – 06:05 Libra
- 06:05 – 08:00 Scorpio
- 08:00 – 10:14 Sagittarius
- 10:14 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 14:54 Aquarius
- 14:54 – 17:12 Pisces
- 17:12 – 19:33 Aries
- 19:33 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 23:56 Gemini
- 23:56 – 01:37 next day Cancer
- 01:37 – 03:03 next day Leo
- 03:03 – 04:27 next day Virgo
- 04:27 – 05:03 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