Durban panchang, 5 November 2024
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 07:21 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 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:40
- 06:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 04:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:47 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:15 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:57
- Karana Vanija until 08:24, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:47 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
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. 03:33 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:59 – 06:15
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Char | 08:19 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 04:58 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
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:04 Virgo
- 04:04 – 05:38 Libra
- 05:38 – 07:33 Scorpio
- 07:33 – 09:48 Sagittarius
- 09:48 – 12:09 Capricorn
- 12:09 – 14:28 Aquarius
- 14:28 – 16:46 Pisces
- 16:46 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 21:25 Taurus
- 21:25 – 23:29 Gemini
- 23:29 – 01:10 next day Cancer
- 01:10 – 02:36 next day Leo
- 02:36 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 04:58 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