Durban panchang, 7 January 2025
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 12:36 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
05:04 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:20 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:59 to 05:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:57
- Nakshatra Revati until 14:20 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 19:45
- Karana Bava until 12:57, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:20 Moon enters Aries
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
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 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:04 – 12:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:20 – 05:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:20 – 05:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:20 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Char | 08:33 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:05 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
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:40 Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 08:02 Capricorn
- 08:02 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 01:26 next day Libra
- 01:26 – 03:21 next day Scorpio
- 03:21 – 05:05 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