Durban panchang, 22 November 2024
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 00:01 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 18:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:51
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:40 Moon enters Leo
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:38 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:34 to 04:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:38
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 13:40 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 08:03
- Karana Bava until 14:38, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:40 Moon enters Leo
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:51
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:50 – 13:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:40 – 04:49 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. 03:27 – 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 18:34 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 13:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:50 – 06:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:15 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 04:49 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 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:31 Libra
- 04:31 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 13:21 Aquarius
- 13:21 – 15:39 Pisces
- 15:39 – 17:59 Aries
- 17:59 – 20:19 Taurus
- 20:19 – 22:22 Gemini
- 22:22 – 00:03 next day Cancer
- 00:03 – 01:30 next day Leo
- 01:30 – 02:53 next day Virgo
- 02:53 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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