Durban panchang, 25 January 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 19:11 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:19 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 07:04 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:56 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:54
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 04:11 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:04, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 07:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:56 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:19 – 05:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 05:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:19 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:19 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:14 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:32 Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:54 Capricorn
- 06:54 – 09:12 Aquarius
- 09:12 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 22:45 Virgo
- 22:45 – 00:19 next day Libra
- 00:19 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:29 next day Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
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