Durban panchang, 14 November 2023
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 05:19 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:53 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:45
- 10:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 04:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:06
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 10:26
- Karana Bava until 11:06, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:26 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:45
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 18:27 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Char | 08:17 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:32 Virgo
- 03:32 – 05:06 Libra
- 05:06 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:37 Capricorn
- 11:37 – 13:55 Aquarius
- 13:55 – 16:13 Pisces
- 16:13 – 18:34 Aries
- 18:34 – 20:53 Taurus
- 20:53 – 22:57 Gemini
- 22:57 – 00:38 next day Cancer
- 00:38 – 02:04 next day Leo
- 02:04 – 03:28 next day Virgo
- 03:28 – 04:53 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