Durban panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 07:13 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
05:00 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:00 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:11
- 10:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:27 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:59 to 05:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:38 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:38
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 11:27
- Karana Taitila until 10:18, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:27 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:27 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:11
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. 03:40 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:40 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:30 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Char | 10:15 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:14 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:45 Scorpio
- 03:45 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 08:21 Capricorn
- 08:21 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 01:46 next day Libra
- 01:46 – 03:41 next day Scorpio
- 03:41 – 05:01 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