Durban panchang, 27 January 2025
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 02:46 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
05:21 to 18:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:12
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:55 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 17:05
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:32 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 22:27
- Karana Vanija until 17:05, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 17:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:27 – 23:39
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 05:22 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. 03:58 – 04:39
- 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 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:21 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
| Char | 18:55 – 20:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:22 Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 06:43 Capricorn
- 06:43 – 09:02 Aquarius
- 09:02 – 11:19 Pisces
- 11:19 – 13:40 Aries
- 13:40 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:03 Gemini
- 18:03 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 21:10 Leo
- 21:10 – 22:34 Virgo
- 22:34 – 00:08 next day Libra
- 00:08 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:18 next day Sagittarius
- 04:18 – 05:22 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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