Durban panchang, 10 November 2023
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 03:10 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
04:56 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:42
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:23 to 04:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:06
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:35
- Karana Taitila until 09:06, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:42
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. 03:31 – 04:13
- 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 18:23 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:56 – 06:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:36 – 04:55 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
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 03:47 Virgo
- 03:47 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:53 Capricorn
- 11:53 – 14:11 Aquarius
- 14:11 – 16:29 Pisces
- 16:29 – 18:49 Aries
- 18:49 – 21:09 Taurus
- 21:09 – 23:12 Gemini
- 23:12 – 00:54 next day Cancer
- 00:54 – 02:20 next day Leo
- 02:20 – 03:43 next day Virgo
- 03:43 – 04:55 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