Durban panchang, 19 November 2023
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 10:16 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 18:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:31
- 14:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:31 to 04:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:57
- Karana Gara until 14:53, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:37 – 12:49 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:13 – 23:12
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) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:33 – 08:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:46 Libra
- 04:46 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 13:36 Aquarius
- 13:36 – 15:53 Pisces
- 15:53 – 18:14 Aries
- 18:14 – 20:33 Taurus
- 20:33 – 22:37 Gemini
- 22:37 – 00:18 next day Cancer
- 00:18 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 03:08 next day Virgo
- 03:08 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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