Durban panchang, 2 November 2023
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 23:17 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
05:02 to 18:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:02 – 06:41
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:38
- 06:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:17 to 05:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 18:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:27 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 09:42
- Karana Kaulava until 06:00, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:38
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 02:27 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. 03:35 – 04:18
- 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 18:17 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:02 – 18:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 05:01 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:27 – 05:01 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:27 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:41 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:20 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 05:01 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
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:19 Virgo
- 04:19 – 05:53 Libra
- 05:53 – 07:48 Scorpio
- 07:48 – 10:03 Sagittarius
- 10:03 – 12:24 Capricorn
- 12:24 – 14:43 Aquarius
- 14:43 – 17:00 Pisces
- 17:00 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:40 Taurus
- 21:40 – 23:44 Gemini
- 23:44 – 01:25 next day Cancer
- 01:25 – 02:51 next day Leo
- 02:51 – 04:15 next day Virgo
- 04:15 – 05:01 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