Durban panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 14:52 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
05:05 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:05 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:13
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:16 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:59
- Karana Gara until 08:53, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:12 – 14:10
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. 03:45 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:05 – 11:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:05 – 08:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:32 Sagittarius
- 05:32 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 22:21 Leo
- 22:21 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 01:19 next day Libra
- 01:19 – 03:14 next day Scorpio
- 03:14 – 05:06 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