Durban panchang, 22 January 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 23:43 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
05:17 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:49
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:48 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:57 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:48
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:04 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 01:07 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:48, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:07 – 03:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:25 – 23:41
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. 03:54 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:41 Sagittarius
- 04:41 – 07:03 Capricorn
- 07:03 – 09:21 Aquarius
- 09:21 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 14:00 Aries
- 14:00 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 21:30 Leo
- 21:30 – 22:53 Virgo
- 22:53 – 00:28 next day Libra
- 00:28 – 02:22 next day Scorpio
- 02:22 – 04:37 next day Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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