Durban panchang, 1 February 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 08:18 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
05:25 to 18:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:30
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:52 to 05:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 08:08
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 08:54
- Karana Gara until 08:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:56 – 05:44 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. 04:01 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 23:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:08 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:06 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:26 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:02 Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 06:23 Capricorn
- 06:23 – 08:42 Aquarius
- 08:42 – 11:00 Pisces
- 11:00 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 22:14 Virgo
- 22:14 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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