Durban panchang, 26 January 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 01:49 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
05:20 to 18:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:55
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:25 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:55 to 05:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 17:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:32 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 00:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:25, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:55
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. 03:57 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 05:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:02 – 08:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:03 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:26 Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 06:47 Capricorn
- 06:47 – 09:06 Aquarius
- 09:06 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 19:48 Cancer
- 19:48 – 21:14 Leo
- 21:14 – 22:38 Virgo
- 22:38 – 00:12 next day Libra
- 00:12 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 05:21 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