Durban panchang, 5 February 2025
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 12:44 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
05:29 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- 10:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:49 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:06
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:48
- Karana Vishti until 10:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:29 – 17:03
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. 04:04 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:49 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:03 – 05:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:03 – 05:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:03 – 04:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:08 Capricorn
- 06:08 – 08:26 Aquarius
- 08:26 – 10:44 Pisces
- 10:44 – 13:04 Aries
- 13:04 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:09 Cancer
- 19:09 – 20:35 Leo
- 20:35 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:27 next day Scorpio
- 01:27 – 03:42 next day Sagittarius
- 03:42 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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