Durban panchang, 19 January 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 22:19 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
05:14 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:58
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:58 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:29 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:27
- Karana Gara until 17:12, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:58
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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 14:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:00 – 05:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:00 – 05:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:00 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:57 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:53 Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 07:14 Capricorn
- 07:14 – 09:33 Aquarius
- 09:33 – 11:51 Pisces
- 11:51 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 23:05 Virgo
- 23:05 – 00:39 next day Libra
- 00:39 – 02:34 next day Scorpio
- 02:34 – 04:49 next day Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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