Durban panchang, 12 November 2024
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 14:46 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
04:54 to 18:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:44
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:25 to 04:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:10 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 15:39
- Karana Vishti until 12:35, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:59 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:39 – 16:51
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. 03:30 – 04:12
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:54 – 02:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:54 – 02:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Char | 08:17 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:44 | Good |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:25 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 04:53 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
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:37 Virgo
- 03:37 – 05:11 Libra
- 05:11 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:42 Capricorn
- 11:42 – 14:00 Aquarius
- 14:00 – 16:18 Pisces
- 16:18 – 18:39 Aries
- 18:39 – 20:58 Taurus
- 20:58 – 23:02 Gemini
- 23:02 – 00:43 next day Cancer
- 00:43 – 02:09 next day Leo
- 02:09 – 03:33 next day Virgo
- 03:33 – 04:53 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