Durban panchang, 16 January 2025
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 20:59 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
05:11 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:11 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:46 Moon enters Leo
- 12:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:36 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:35
- Karana Vanija until 12:09, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:46 Moon enters Leo
- 12:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:09 – 00:36 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:12 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
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:05 Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 07:26 Capricorn
- 07:26 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 21:53 Leo
- 21:53 – 23:17 Virgo
- 23:17 – 00:51 next day Libra
- 00:51 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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