Durban panchang, 20 January 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 22:45 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
05:15 to 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:58 to 05:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:29
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:22
- Karana Vanija until 06:29, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 19:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:00 – 05:16 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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 17:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:49 Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 07:11 Capricorn
- 07:11 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 23:01 Virgo
- 23:01 – 00:35 next day Libra
- 00:35 – 02:30 next day Scorpio
- 02:30 – 04:45 next day Sagittarius
- 04:45 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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