Durban panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 23:24 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
04:50 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:24
- 05:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:32 to 04:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:20
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 09:38
- Karana Taitila until 13:20, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:24
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:39 Libra
- 04:39 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 15:47 Pisces
- 15:47 – 18:07 Aries
- 18:07 – 20:26 Taurus
- 20:26 – 22:30 Gemini
- 22:30 – 00:11 next day Cancer
- 00:11 – 01:38 next day Leo
- 01:38 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
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