Durban panchang, 3 January 2025
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 08:19 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
05:01 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:14
- 07:17 Moon enters Aquarius
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:59 to 05:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 09:07
- Karana Vanija until 08:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:17 Moon enters Aquarius
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:55 – 20:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:14
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. 03:41 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:28
- 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 05:01 – 18:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:01 – 06:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:31 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 05:02 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
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 03:41 Scorpio
- 03:41 – 05:56 Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 01:42 next day Libra
- 01:42 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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