Durban panchang, 31 October 2023
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 21:22 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
05:03 to 18:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:36
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 05:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:00
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:27 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 12:03
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:03 – 23:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:36
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 – 04:20
- 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 18:15 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:03 – 18:00
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Char | 08:21 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:15 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:36 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:27 Virgo
- 04:27 – 06:01 Libra
- 06:01 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 12:32 Capricorn
- 12:32 – 14:50 Aquarius
- 14:50 – 17:08 Pisces
- 17:08 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:48 Taurus
- 21:48 – 23:52 Gemini
- 23:52 – 01:33 next day Cancer
- 01:33 – 02:59 next day Leo
- 02:59 – 04:23 next day Virgo
- 04:23 – 05:02 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