Durban panchang, 23 November 2023
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 14:40 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 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:50 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:49
- 06:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 04:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:46 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 08:23
- Karana Vanija until 06:32, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:32 – 17:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:49
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. 03:27 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:34 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 13:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:46 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:51 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 04:49 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
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:30 Libra
- 04:30 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 15:38 Pisces
- 15:38 – 17:58 Aries
- 17:58 – 20:18 Taurus
- 20:18 – 22:21 Gemini
- 22:21 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 01:29 next day Leo
- 01:29 – 02:52 next day Virgo
- 02:52 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 04:49 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