Durban panchang, 4 November 2024
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 06:32 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
04:59 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:39 – 08:19
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:39
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:13 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:19 to 04:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:15 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:13
- Karana Taitila until 07:18, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:13 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:13 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:39
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 18:19 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:59 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:08 Virgo
- 04:08 – 05:42 Libra
- 05:42 – 07:37 Scorpio
- 07:37 – 09:52 Sagittarius
- 09:52 – 12:13 Capricorn
- 12:13 – 14:32 Aquarius
- 14:32 – 16:49 Pisces
- 16:49 – 19:10 Aries
- 19:10 – 21:29 Taurus
- 21:29 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:14 next day Cancer
- 01:14 – 02:40 next day Leo
- 02:40 – 04:04 next day Virgo
- 04:04 – 04:59 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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