Durban panchang, 29 January 2025
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 04:56 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
05:23 to 18:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:50
- 14:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:35 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:54 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:35
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:45 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:51
- Karana Naga until 14:35, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:35 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:51 – 15:03 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:45 – 05:24 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. 03:59 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:54 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:24 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:14 Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 06:35 Capricorn
- 06:35 – 08:54 Aquarius
- 08:54 – 11:11 Pisces
- 11:11 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 21:02 Leo
- 21:02 – 22:26 Virgo
- 22:26 – 00:00 next day Libra
- 00:00 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:24 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