Durban panchang, 25 November 2023
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 16:50 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 18:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:49 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta 04:49 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 15:09
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:36 to 04:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 13:52
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 00:22 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 13:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:49 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:22 – 11:14 next day
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 18:36 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:25 – 04:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:52 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:32 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:36 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:22 Libra
- 04:22 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 13:12 Aquarius
- 13:12 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:50 Aries
- 17:50 – 20:10 Taurus
- 20:10 – 22:13 Gemini
- 22:13 – 23:55 Cancer
- 23:55 – 01:21 next day Leo
- 01:21 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 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