Durban panchang, 6 January 2025
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 11:32 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
05:03 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:48 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:12
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:59 to 05:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 14:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:36 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 22:35
- Karana Vanija until 14:54, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:54 – 01:56 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:12
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. 03:43 – 04:23
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:44 Sagittarius
- 05:44 – 08:06 Capricorn
- 08:06 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 22:33 Leo
- 22:33 – 23:56 Virgo
- 23:56 – 01:30 next day Libra
- 01:30 – 03:25 next day Scorpio
- 03:25 – 05:04 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