Durban panchang, 15 November 2024
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 18:18 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
04:52 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:46
- 13:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:28 to 04:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:47 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 23:28
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 00:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:08, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:47 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:03 – 10:10 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. 03:29 – 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 18:28 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:28 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:52 – 06:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:59 Libra
- 04:59 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 11:30 Capricorn
- 11:30 – 13:49 Aquarius
- 13:49 – 16:06 Pisces
- 16:06 – 18:27 Aries
- 18:27 – 20:46 Taurus
- 20:46 – 22:50 Gemini
- 22:50 – 00:31 next day Cancer
- 00:31 – 01:57 next day Leo
- 01:57 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 04:52 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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