Durban panchang, 21 January 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 23:12 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
05:16 to 18:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 06:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 05:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:10
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:19 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:10, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:19 – 02:19 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 – 04:35
- 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 18:57 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:10 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:16 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Char | 08:41 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:59 – 05:17 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
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:45 Sagittarius
- 04:45 – 07:07 Capricorn
- 07:07 – 09:25 Aquarius
- 09:25 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 22:57 Virgo
- 22:57 – 00:31 next day Libra
- 00:31 – 02:26 next day Scorpio
- 02:26 – 04:41 next day Sagittarius
- 04:41 – 05:17 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