Durban panchang, 13 November 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 15:54 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
04:53 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:22
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:26 to 04:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:41 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 11:55
- Karana Balava until 09:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:41 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:53 – 23:41
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:41 – 04:53 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. 03:30 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:26 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:53 – 09:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:41 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:33 Virgo
- 03:33 – 05:07 Libra
- 05:07 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 11:38 Capricorn
- 11:38 – 13:56 Aquarius
- 13:56 – 16:14 Pisces
- 16:14 – 18:35 Aries
- 18:35 – 20:54 Taurus
- 20:54 – 22:58 Gemini
- 22:58 – 00:39 next day Cancer
- 00:39 – 02:05 next day Leo
- 02:05 – 03:29 next day Virgo
- 03:29 – 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