Durban panchang, 3 November 2023
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:18 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
05:01 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:38
- 06:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:18 to 05:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:53 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:38
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:27 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 09:22
- Karana Gara until 06:55, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:53 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:53 – 08:30 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 05:00 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 18:18 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 04:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:01 – 04:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:01 – 06:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:20 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:19 – 03:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:40 – 05:00 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
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:15 Virgo
- 04:15 – 05:49 Libra
- 05:49 – 07:44 Scorpio
- 07:44 – 09:59 Sagittarius
- 09:59 – 12:20 Capricorn
- 12:20 – 14:39 Aquarius
- 14:39 – 16:56 Pisces
- 16:56 – 19:17 Aries
- 19:17 – 21:36 Taurus
- 21:36 – 23:40 Gemini
- 23:40 – 01:21 next day Cancer
- 01:21 – 02:47 next day Leo
- 02:47 – 04:11 next day Virgo
- 04:11 – 05:00 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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