Durban panchang, 1 November 2024
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 04:43 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:37
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:47 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:17 to 05:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:47
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:01 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 07:10
- Karana Naga until 14:47, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:47 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:37
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. 03:36 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:47 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:02 – 06:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:20 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:40 – 05:01 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
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:20 Virgo
- 04:20 – 05:54 Libra
- 05:54 – 07:49 Scorpio
- 07:49 – 10:04 Sagittarius
- 10:04 – 12:25 Capricorn
- 12:25 – 14:44 Aquarius
- 14:44 – 17:01 Pisces
- 17:01 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:41 Taurus
- 21:41 – 23:45 Gemini
- 23:45 – 01:26 next day Cancer
- 01:26 – 02:52 next day Leo
- 02:52 – 04:16 next day Virgo
- 04:16 – 05:01 next day Libra
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