Durban panchang, 6 February 2025
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 13:53 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
05:30 to 18:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:30 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:09
- 08:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:59 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:49 to 05:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:24
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:59 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 15:11
- Karana Balava until 08:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:59 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:59 – 05:31 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. 04:04 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:59 – 05:31 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:24 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:04 Capricorn
- 06:04 – 08:22 Aquarius
- 08:22 – 10:40 Pisces
- 10:40 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:05 Cancer
- 19:05 – 20:31 Leo
- 20:31 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 23:29 Libra
- 23:29 – 01:23 next day Scorpio
- 01:23 – 03:38 next day Sagittarius
- 03:38 – 05:31 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