Durban panchang, 9 February 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 16:57 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
05:32 to 18:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:47
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:47 to 05:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:55
- Nakshatra Ardra until 14:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:36
- Karana Balava until 15:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Priti
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:47
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. 04:06 – 04:49
- 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 18:47 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:32 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:52 Capricorn
- 05:52 – 08:10 Aquarius
- 08:10 – 10:28 Pisces
- 10:28 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 15:08 Taurus
- 15:08 – 17:12 Gemini
- 17:12 – 18:53 Cancer
- 18:53 – 20:19 Leo
- 20:19 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 23:17 Libra
- 23:17 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:27 next day Sagittarius
- 03:27 – 05:33 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