Durban panchang, 15 January 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 20:26 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:48
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:47 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:59 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 22:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:47, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:48
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. 03:49 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:10 – 23:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:11 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 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:09 Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 07:30 Capricorn
- 07:30 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 21:57 Leo
- 21:57 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 00:55 next day Libra
- 00:55 – 02:50 next day Scorpio
- 02:50 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
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