Durban panchang, 23 January 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:57 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:17 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 14:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:57 to 05:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 14:08
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:38 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 01:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:08, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:02 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:55 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 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 14:08 – 05:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:38 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:17 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:14 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:37 Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:59 Capricorn
- 06:59 – 09:17 Aquarius
- 09:17 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:00 Cancer
- 20:00 – 21:26 Leo
- 21:26 – 22:50 Virgo
- 22:50 – 00:24 next day Libra
- 00:24 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:33 next day Sagittarius
- 04:33 – 05:18 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