Durban panchang, 30 November 2023
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 21:56 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 18:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:48 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:54
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:31 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:40 to 04:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:55
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 16:44
- Karana Vishti until 10:55, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:31 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:23 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:48 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:54
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:48 – 11:31
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 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:31 – 04:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:31 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:32 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:40 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:03 Libra
- 04:03 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 15:10 Pisces
- 15:10 – 17:31 Aries
- 17:31 – 19:50 Taurus
- 19:50 – 21:54 Gemini
- 21:54 – 23:35 Cancer
- 23:35 – 01:01 next day Leo
- 01:01 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 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