Durban panchang, 30 January 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 06:05 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:24 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:11
- 12:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:05 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:53 to 05:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:03
- Karana Bava until 12:41, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:11
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. 04:00 – 04:42
- 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 18:53 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:24 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:12 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:10 Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 06:31 Capricorn
- 06:31 – 08:50 Aquarius
- 08:50 – 11:07 Pisces
- 11:07 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 17:51 Gemini
- 17:51 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 20:58 Leo
- 20:58 – 22:22 Virgo
- 22:22 – 23:56 Libra
- 23:56 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 04:06 next day Sagittarius
- 04:06 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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