Durban panchang, 25 January 2025
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 01:00 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
05:19 to 18:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:32
- 17:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:56 to 05:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:56 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:56 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:07 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:56 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:07 – 04:43 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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:56 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:30 Sagittarius
- 04:30 – 06:51 Capricorn
- 06:51 – 09:09 Aquarius
- 09:09 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 21:18 Leo
- 21:18 – 22:42 Virgo
- 22:42 – 00:16 next day Libra
- 00:16 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:26 next day Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 05:20 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