Durban panchang, 25 February 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 19:16 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
05:44 to 18:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:32
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:32 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:40 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:06
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:58
- Karana Kaulava until 17:06, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:40 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:32
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. 04:15 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:54 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:52 Capricorn
- 04:52 – 07:10 Aquarius
- 07:10 – 09:28 Pisces
- 09:28 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 14:08 Taurus
- 14:08 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 17:53 Cancer
- 17:53 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 20:43 Virgo
- 20:43 – 22:17 Libra
- 22:17 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
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