Durban panchang, 5 November 2023
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 00:45 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
04:59 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:19
- 06:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 04:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:48
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 10:05
- Karana Balava until 10:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:19
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 – 04:16
- 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 18:19 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:59 – 06:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:39 – 08:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 04:58 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
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:07 Virgo
- 04:07 – 05:41 Libra
- 05:41 – 07:36 Scorpio
- 07:36 – 09:51 Sagittarius
- 09:51 – 12:12 Capricorn
- 12:12 – 14:31 Aquarius
- 14:31 – 16:48 Pisces
- 16:48 – 19:09 Aries
- 19:09 – 21:28 Taurus
- 21:28 – 23:32 Gemini
- 23:32 – 01:13 next day Cancer
- 01:13 – 02:39 next day Leo
- 02:39 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 04:58 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