Durban panchang, 27 November 2023
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 19:03 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:32 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:52
- 10:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:37 to 04:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 11:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 20:08
- Karana Bava until 11:16, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:52
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 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:05 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:32 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:37 | Good |
| Char | 18:37 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:15 Libra
- 04:15 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 13:04 Aquarius
- 13:04 – 15:22 Pisces
- 15:22 – 17:43 Aries
- 17:43 – 20:02 Taurus
- 20:02 – 22:05 Gemini
- 22:05 – 23:47 Cancer
- 23:47 – 01:13 next day Leo
- 01:13 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 04:48 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