Durban panchang, 22 November 2023
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 13:36 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
04:50 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:24
- 08:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:33 to 04:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:34 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 11:15
- Karana Taitila until 08:37, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:15 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:24
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:34 Libra
- 04:34 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 13:24 Aquarius
- 13:24 – 15:42 Pisces
- 15:42 – 18:02 Aries
- 18:02 – 20:21 Taurus
- 20:21 – 22:25 Gemini
- 22:25 – 00:06 next day Cancer
- 00:06 – 01:33 next day Leo
- 01:33 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
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