Durban panchang, 4 November 2023
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 00:04 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
05:00 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:00 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta 05:00 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:59
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:18 to 04:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:30 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:30
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:59 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:32
- Karana Vishti until 08:30, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:30 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:53 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:00 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:59
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. 03:34 – 04:17
- 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 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:20 | Good |
| Rog | 08:20 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:11 Virgo
- 04:11 – 05:45 Libra
- 05:45 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 12:16 Capricorn
- 12:16 – 14:35 Aquarius
- 14:35 – 16:52 Pisces
- 16:52 – 19:13 Aries
- 19:13 – 21:32 Taurus
- 21:32 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:17 next day Cancer
- 01:17 – 02:43 next day Leo
- 02:43 – 04:07 next day Virgo
- 04:07 – 04:59 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