Durban panchang, 6 November 2024
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:17 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
04:58 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:20
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 09:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:21 to 04:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:11
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:20
- Karana Bava until 09:03, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 09:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:20
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 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:21 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 07:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 04:57 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
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:00 Virgo
- 04:00 – 05:34 Libra
- 05:34 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:44 Sagittarius
- 09:44 – 12:05 Capricorn
- 12:05 – 14:24 Aquarius
- 14:24 – 16:42 Pisces
- 16:42 – 19:02 Aries
- 19:02 – 21:21 Taurus
- 21:21 – 23:25 Gemini
- 23:25 – 01:06 next day Cancer
- 01:06 – 02:33 next day Leo
- 02:33 – 03:56 next day Virgo
- 03:56 – 04:57 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