Durban panchang, 2 February 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 09:24 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
05:26 to 18:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta 17:04 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam 17:11 – 18:52
- 05:44 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:52 to 05:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 05:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 05:44
- Karana Vishti until 05:44, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:44 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:56 – 05:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:04 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:11 – 18:52
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. 04:02 – 04:44
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 21:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:22 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:07 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:30 | Good |
| Char | 21:30 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 08:38 Aquarius
- 08:38 – 10:56 Pisces
- 10:56 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:39 Gemini
- 17:39 – 19:20 Cancer
- 19:20 – 20:47 Leo
- 20:47 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 01:39 next day Scorpio
- 01:39 – 03:54 next day Sagittarius
- 03:54 – 05:27 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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