Durban panchang, 4 February 2025
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 11:36 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
05:28 to 18:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 17:10
- 12:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:50 to 05:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:01 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:01
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:19 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 20:36
- Karana Gara until 12:03, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:10
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:28 – 18:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:50 – 14:48
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. 04:03 – 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 18:50 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:28 – 18:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:01 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:28 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:30 – 17:10 | Good |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:10 – 21:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:12 Capricorn
- 06:12 – 08:30 Aquarius
- 08:30 – 10:48 Pisces
- 10:48 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 19:13 Cancer
- 19:13 – 20:39 Leo
- 20:39 – 22:02 Virgo
- 22:02 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 01:31 next day Scorpio
- 01:31 – 03:46 next day Sagittarius
- 03:46 – 05:29 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