Durban panchang, 17 November 2023
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 08:01 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
04:52 to 18:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:47
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 04:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:33
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 01:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:33, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:05 – 06:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:30 – 03:54 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. 03:29 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:47 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:52 – 06:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:29 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 04:51 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
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:54 Libra
- 04:54 – 06:49 Scorpio
- 06:49 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 13:44 Aquarius
- 13:44 – 16:01 Pisces
- 16:01 – 18:22 Aries
- 18:22 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:45 Gemini
- 22:45 – 00:26 next day Cancer
- 00:26 – 01:52 next day Leo
- 01:52 – 03:16 next day Virgo
- 03:16 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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