Durban panchang, 21 November 2024
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:33 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 18:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:50 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:48
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:33 to 04:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 08:31
- Karana Vanija until 13:33, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:33 – 01:59 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:37 – 20:47
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:33 – 20:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:50 – 12:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:50 – 12:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:05 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:15 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:35 Libra
- 04:35 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:45 Sagittarius
- 08:45 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 13:25 Aquarius
- 13:25 – 15:43 Pisces
- 15:43 – 18:03 Aries
- 18:03 – 20:22 Taurus
- 20:22 – 22:26 Gemini
- 22:26 – 00:07 next day Cancer
- 00:07 – 01:34 next day Leo
- 01:34 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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