Durban panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 09:24 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
05:02 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:02 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 05:02 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:30
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 07:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 05:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:38
- Karana Bava until 07:21, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 07:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:02 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:38 – 04:02 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:30
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 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:53 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:31 | Good |
| Rog | 08:31 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:52 Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 01:38 next day Libra
- 01:38 – 03:33 next day Scorpio
- 03:33 – 05:02 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