Durban panchang, 11 November 2024
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 13:40 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
04:55 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:36 – 08:17
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:43
- 06:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:25 to 04:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:51 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 15:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:06
- Karana Gara until 15:17, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:51 Moon enters Pisces
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:59 – 12:35 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. 03:31 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:55 – 04:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:17 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:54 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
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 03:40 Virgo
- 03:40 – 05:15 Libra
- 05:15 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:46 Capricorn
- 11:46 – 14:04 Aquarius
- 14:04 – 16:22 Pisces
- 16:22 – 18:43 Aries
- 18:43 – 21:02 Taurus
- 21:02 – 23:05 Gemini
- 23:05 – 00:47 next day Cancer
- 00:47 – 02:13 next day Leo
- 02:13 – 03:37 next day Virgo
- 03:37 – 04:54 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