Durban panchang, 26 November 2023
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 17:57 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 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:37
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:37 to 04:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:47 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 12:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 22:06
- Karana Vanija until 12:23, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:47 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:49 – 10:35
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 18:37 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:49 – 10:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:32 – 08:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:18 Libra
- 04:18 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 13:08 Aquarius
- 13:08 – 15:26 Pisces
- 15:26 – 17:47 Aries
- 17:47 – 20:06 Taurus
- 20:06 – 22:09 Gemini
- 22:09 – 23:51 Cancer
- 23:51 – 01:17 next day Leo
- 01:17 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 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