Durban panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 21:53 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
05:13 to 18:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:13 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:13 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:32
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:58 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:58 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:01 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:46
- Karana Kaulava until 14:56, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:13 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:46 – 00:10 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:21 – 05:14 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. 03:51 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:14 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
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:57 Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 07:18 Capricorn
- 07:18 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 11:55 Pisces
- 11:55 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 21:46 Leo
- 21:46 – 23:09 Virgo
- 23:09 – 00:43 next day Libra
- 00:43 – 02:38 next day Scorpio
- 02:38 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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