Durban panchang, 3 November 2024
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 05:50 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
05:00 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:18
- 05:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:09 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:18 to 04:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:35
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:33 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:09
- Karana Balava until 05:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:09 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:18
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:00 – 04:33 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:33 – 04:59 next day
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. 03:34 – 04:17
- 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 18:18 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:33 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:40 – 08:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:12 Virgo
- 04:12 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 07:41 Scorpio
- 07:41 – 09:56 Sagittarius
- 09:56 – 12:17 Capricorn
- 12:17 – 14:36 Aquarius
- 14:36 – 16:53 Pisces
- 16:53 – 19:14 Aries
- 19:14 – 21:33 Taurus
- 21:33 – 23:37 Gemini
- 23:37 – 01:18 next day Cancer
- 01:18 – 02:44 next day Leo
- 02:44 – 04:08 next day Virgo
- 04:08 – 04:59 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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