Durban panchang, 3 February 2025
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 10:29 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
05:27 to 18:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:08 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:10
- 14:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:51 to 05:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:46 Moon enters Aries
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 01:07 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:32
- Karana Kaulava until 14:14, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:46 Moon enters Aries
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:10
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 – 04:45
- 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 18:51 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:27 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:27 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:08 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:15 Capricorn
- 06:15 – 08:34 Aquarius
- 08:34 – 10:52 Pisces
- 10:52 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 19:16 Cancer
- 19:16 – 20:43 Leo
- 20:43 – 22:06 Virgo
- 22:06 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 01:35 next day Scorpio
- 01:35 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:28 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