Durban panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 06:07 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
04:59 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:44
- 11:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:59 to 05:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:54 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:36
- Karana Balava until 11:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:44
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. 03:39 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 22:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:00 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
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 03:49 Scorpio
- 03:49 – 06:04 Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 01:50 next day Libra
- 01:50 – 03:45 next day Scorpio
- 03:45 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
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