Durban panchang, 6 November 2023
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 01:19 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
04:58 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:39 – 08:19
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:40
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:52 Moon enters Leo
- 10:54 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 04:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:21 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 10:54
- Karana Taitila until 13:04, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:52 Moon enters Leo
- 10:54 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:45 – 20:02
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. 03:33 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:03 Virgo
- 04:03 – 05:37 Libra
- 05:37 – 07:32 Scorpio
- 07:32 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 12:08 Capricorn
- 12:08 – 14:27 Aquarius
- 14:27 – 16:45 Pisces
- 16:45 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 02:35 next day Leo
- 02:35 – 03:59 next day Virgo
- 03:59 – 04:58 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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