Durban panchang, 16 November 2024
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 19:31 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 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:52 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 04:52 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 15:05
- 09:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:29 to 04:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:20 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:20
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 20:17
- Karana Balava until 09:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 20:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:52 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:52 – 05:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:05
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 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:58 – 04:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:58 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:55 Libra
- 04:55 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 11:26 Capricorn
- 11:26 – 13:45 Aquarius
- 13:45 – 16:02 Pisces
- 16:02 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:42 Taurus
- 20:42 – 22:46 Gemini
- 22:46 – 00:27 next day Cancer
- 00:27 – 01:53 next day Leo
- 01:53 – 03:17 next day Virgo
- 03:17 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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