Durban panchang, 8 November 2023
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 02:18 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
04:57 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:20
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:05 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 04:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:12 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 12:40
- Karana Bava until 18:05, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:30 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:40 – 13:17 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. 03:32 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:22 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:56 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
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:55 Virgo
- 03:55 – 05:29 Libra
- 05:29 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:39 Sagittarius
- 09:39 – 12:00 Capricorn
- 12:00 – 14:19 Aquarius
- 14:19 – 16:37 Pisces
- 16:37 – 18:57 Aries
- 18:57 – 21:16 Taurus
- 21:16 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:01 next day Cancer
- 01:01 – 02:28 next day Leo
- 02:28 – 03:51 next day Virgo
- 03:51 – 04:56 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