Durban panchang, 15 November 2023
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 06:05 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:22
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 04:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 23:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:37
- Karana Kaulava until 10:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:22
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. 03:29 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:53 – 10:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:30 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 04:52 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 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:02 Libra
- 05:02 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 11:33 Capricorn
- 11:33 – 13:51 Aquarius
- 13:51 – 16:09 Pisces
- 16:09 – 18:30 Aries
- 18:30 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 22:53 Gemini
- 22:53 – 00:34 next day Cancer
- 00:34 – 02:00 next day Leo
- 02:00 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 04:52 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