Durban panchang, 18 November 2023
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 09:07 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
04:51 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:51 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 04:51 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 15:05
- 05:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:30 to 04:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 05:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 22:47
- Karana Balava until 05:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:51 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:05
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. 03:28 – 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 18:30 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:36 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:51 next day | Good |
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
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:50 Libra
- 04:50 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 13:40 Aquarius
- 13:40 – 15:57 Pisces
- 15:57 – 18:18 Aries
- 18:18 – 20:37 Taurus
- 20:37 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:22 next day Cancer
- 00:22 – 01:48 next day Leo
- 01:48 – 03:12 next day Virgo
- 03:12 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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