Durban panchang, 14 January 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 19:49 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
05:10 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 05:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:47 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:28
- Karana Balava until 12:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Char | 08:37 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:13 Sagittarius
- 05:13 – 07:34 Capricorn
- 07:34 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 18:54 Gemini
- 18:54 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 23:25 Virgo
- 23:25 – 00:59 next day Libra
- 00:59 – 02:54 next day Scorpio
- 02:54 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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