Durban panchang, 12 February 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 18:57 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
05:35 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:48
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:05 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:44 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 04:01 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:05 Moon enters Leo
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 06:25 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. 04:08 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:44 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 10:16 Pisces
- 10:16 – 12:37 Aries
- 12:37 – 14:56 Taurus
- 14:56 – 17:00 Gemini
- 17:00 – 18:41 Cancer
- 18:41 – 20:07 Leo
- 20:07 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 23:05 Libra
- 23:05 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:15 next day Sagittarius
- 03:15 – 05:35 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