Durban panchang, 11 January 2025
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 17:09 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
05:07 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:07 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:07 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:31
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:56 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 05:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:59 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 08:18
- Karana Kaulava until 15:56, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:07 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:07 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
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. 03:46 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:07 – 08:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:07 – 08:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:04 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:07 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:35 | Good |
| Rog | 08:35 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:08 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
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:25 Sagittarius
- 05:25 – 07:46 Capricorn
- 07:46 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 22:13 Leo
- 22:13 – 23:37 Virgo
- 23:37 – 01:11 next day Libra
- 01:11 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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