Durban panchang, 28 November 2023
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 20:06 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
04:48 to 18:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:55
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:38 to 04:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:27 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 10:35
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:01 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 18:33
- Karana Kaulava until 10:35, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:10 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:27 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:55
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) 11:16 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:32 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Char | 08:16 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:38 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:11 Libra
- 04:11 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 13:00 Aquarius
- 13:00 – 15:18 Pisces
- 15:18 – 17:39 Aries
- 17:39 – 19:58 Taurus
- 19:58 – 22:02 Gemini
- 22:02 – 23:43 Cancer
- 23:43 – 01:09 next day Leo
- 01:09 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 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