Durban panchang, 23 November 2024
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 00:33 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
04:49 to 18:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:49 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 04:49 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 15:08
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 04:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 16:27
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 08:11
- Karana Kaulava until 16:27, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:49 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:11 – 08:47 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:08
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 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:27 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 04:49 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
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:27 Libra
- 04:27 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 13:17 Aquarius
- 13:17 – 15:35 Pisces
- 15:35 – 17:55 Aries
- 17:55 – 20:15 Taurus
- 20:15 – 22:18 Gemini
- 22:18 – 00:00 next day Cancer
- 00:00 – 01:26 next day Leo
- 01:26 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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