Durban panchang, 13 January 2025
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 19:04 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
05:09 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:53 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:56 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:59 to 05:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:49 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 00:26 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:56, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:49 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:14 – 01:08 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:08 – 02:20 next day
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. 03:48 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:32
- 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 05:09 – 07:08
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:10 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
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:17 Sagittarius
- 05:17 – 07:38 Capricorn
- 07:38 – 09:57 Aquarius
- 09:57 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 23:29 Virgo
- 23:29 – 01:03 next day Libra
- 01:03 – 02:58 next day Scorpio
- 02:58 – 05:10 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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