Durban panchang, 18 November 2024
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 21:45 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
04:51 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:34 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:47
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 15:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:31 to 04:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:26
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 13:51
- Karana Vishti until 15:26, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 15:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:47
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. 03:28 – 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 18:31 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:51 – 12:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:51 – 12:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:47 Libra
- 04:47 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 11:18 Capricorn
- 11:18 – 13:37 Aquarius
- 13:37 – 15:54 Pisces
- 15:54 – 18:15 Aries
- 18:15 – 20:34 Taurus
- 20:34 – 22:38 Gemini
- 22:38 – 00:19 next day Cancer
- 00:19 – 01:45 next day Leo
- 01:45 – 03:09 next day Virgo
- 03:09 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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