Durban panchang, 2 November 2024
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 05:14 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
05:01 to 18:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:01 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta 05:01 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:47
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:58
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 05:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:52
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:28 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:47
- Karana Bava until 16:52, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:53 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:01 – 06:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:01 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- 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 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:20 | Good |
| Rog | 08:20 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:00 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
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:16 Virgo
- 04:16 – 05:50 Libra
- 05:50 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 10:00 Sagittarius
- 10:00 – 12:21 Capricorn
- 12:21 – 14:40 Aquarius
- 14:40 – 16:57 Pisces
- 16:57 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 01:22 next day Cancer
- 01:22 – 02:48 next day Leo
- 02:48 – 04:12 next day Virgo
- 04:12 – 05:00 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