Durban panchang, 13 November 2023
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 04:40 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
04:54 to 18:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:35 – 08:17
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:43
- 11:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:47 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:26 to 04:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 23:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:52
- Karana Naga until 11:27, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:43
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. 03:30 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:52 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:17 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:53 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
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:36 Virgo
- 03:36 – 05:10 Libra
- 05:10 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:41 Capricorn
- 11:41 – 13:59 Aquarius
- 13:59 – 16:17 Pisces
- 16:17 – 18:38 Aries
- 18:38 – 20:57 Taurus
- 20:57 – 23:01 Gemini
- 23:01 – 00:42 next day Cancer
- 00:42 – 02:08 next day Leo
- 02:08 – 03:32 next day Virgo
- 03:32 – 04:53 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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