Durban panchang, 10 January 2025
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 16:01 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
05:06 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:15
- 06:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:59 to 05:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 11:06
- Karana Vishti until 06:50, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 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. 03:45 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:06 – 06:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:06 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:07 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
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:29 Sagittarius
- 05:29 – 07:50 Capricorn
- 07:50 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 22:17 Leo
- 22:17 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 01:15 next day Libra
- 01:15 – 03:10 next day Scorpio
- 03:10 – 05:07 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