Durban panchang, 7 November 2023
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 01:50 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 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:40
- 11:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:21 to 04:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 11:49
- Karana Vanija until 15:38, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:38 – 04:53 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. 03:33 – 04:15
- 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 18:21 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Char | 08:18 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:18 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 04:57 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
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:59 Virgo
- 03:59 – 05:33 Libra
- 05:33 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:43 Sagittarius
- 09:43 – 12:04 Capricorn
- 12:04 – 14:23 Aquarius
- 14:23 – 16:41 Pisces
- 16:41 – 19:01 Aries
- 19:01 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:05 next day Cancer
- 01:05 – 02:32 next day Leo
- 02:32 – 03:55 next day Virgo
- 03:55 – 04:57 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