Durban panchang, 24 November 2023
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 15:44 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
04:49 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:52
- 05:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:30 Moon enters Aries
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:35 to 04:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:53 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 05:34
- Karana Balava until 15:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:30 Moon enters Aries
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:53 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:34 – 02:53 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:52
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 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:49 – 12:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:49 – 12:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:30 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:49 – 06:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 04:49 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
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:26 Libra
- 04:26 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 13:16 Aquarius
- 13:16 – 15:34 Pisces
- 15:34 – 17:54 Aries
- 17:54 – 20:14 Taurus
- 20:14 – 22:17 Gemini
- 22:17 – 23:59 Cancer
- 23:59 – 01:25 next day Leo
- 01:25 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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