Durban panchang, 20 November 2023
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 11:24 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 18:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:47
- 06:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:32 to 04:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 17:04
- Karana Vishti until 12:49, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:37 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:04 – 20:40
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 – 04:09
- 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 18:32 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:32 | Good |
| Char | 18:32 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:42 Libra
- 04:42 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 13:32 Aquarius
- 13:32 – 15:49 Pisces
- 15:49 – 18:10 Aries
- 18:10 – 20:29 Taurus
- 20:29 – 22:33 Gemini
- 22:33 – 00:14 next day Cancer
- 00:14 – 01:40 next day Leo
- 01:40 – 03:04 next day Virgo
- 03:04 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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