Durban panchang, 7 February 2025
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 15:00 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
05:31 to 18:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:08
- 06:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:48 to 05:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:51 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 12:46
- Karana Taitila until 06:38, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:51 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:46 – 10:34 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:08
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. 04:05 – 04:48
- 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 18:48 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:31 – 05:31 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:56 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:31 – 07:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:11 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 06:00 Capricorn
- 06:00 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 10:36 Pisces
- 10:36 – 12:57 Aries
- 12:57 – 15:16 Taurus
- 15:16 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:01 Cancer
- 19:01 – 20:27 Leo
- 20:27 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 23:25 Libra
- 23:25 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:34 next day Sagittarius
- 03:34 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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