Durban panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 10:28 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 05:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:05 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:45
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 01:20 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 05:39, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:05 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 11:57 next day
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. 03:42 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:29
- 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 05:02 – 16:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:48 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:47 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:30 | Good |
| Char | 21:30 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:03 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 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:48 Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 08:09 Capricorn
- 08:09 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 22:37 Leo
- 22:37 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 01:34 next day Libra
- 01:34 – 03:29 next day Scorpio
- 03:29 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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