Durban panchang, 9 November 2024
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 11:28 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
04:56 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:56 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 04:56 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 15:01
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:23 to 04:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:15
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:17 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:53 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:56 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:56 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 15:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:05 – 19:05
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. 03:31 – 04:14
- 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 18:23 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:56 – 08:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:15 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:18 | Good |
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:55 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
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 03:48 Virgo
- 03:48 – 05:22 Libra
- 05:22 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:54 Capricorn
- 11:54 – 14:12 Aquarius
- 14:12 – 16:30 Pisces
- 16:30 – 18:50 Aries
- 18:50 – 21:10 Taurus
- 21:10 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 00:55 next day Cancer
- 00:55 – 02:21 next day Leo
- 02:21 – 03:44 next day Virgo
- 03:44 – 04:55 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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