Durban panchang, 27 November 2024
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 02:17 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
04:48 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:27
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:37 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:38 to 04:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:42
- Karana Kaulava until 13:38, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:37 Moon enters Libra
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:27
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:48 – 02:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:32 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:12 Libra
- 04:12 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 13:01 Aquarius
- 13:01 – 15:19 Pisces
- 15:19 – 17:40 Aries
- 17:40 – 19:59 Taurus
- 19:59 – 22:03 Gemini
- 22:03 – 23:44 Cancer
- 23:44 – 01:10 next day Leo
- 01:10 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 04:48 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