Durban panchang, 14 November 2024
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:05 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 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:53 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:44
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 04:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:13
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:02 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 06:13, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:49 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:59 – 03:59 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:44
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. 03:29 – 04:11
- 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 18:27 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 21:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 21:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:49 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:03 Libra
- 05:03 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 11:34 Capricorn
- 11:34 – 13:53 Aquarius
- 13:53 – 16:10 Pisces
- 16:10 – 18:31 Aries
- 18:31 – 20:50 Taurus
- 20:50 – 22:54 Gemini
- 22:54 – 00:35 next day Cancer
- 00:35 – 02:01 next day Leo
- 02:01 – 03:25 next day Virgo
- 03:25 – 04:52 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