Durban panchang, 13 February 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 19:27 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 18:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:35 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:06
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:43 to 05:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 16:52
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:37 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:52, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:06
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. 04:09 – 04:52
- 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 18:43 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:43 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:05 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:36 Capricorn
- 05:36 – 07:55 Aquarius
- 07:55 – 10:12 Pisces
- 10:12 – 12:33 Aries
- 12:33 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 16:56 Gemini
- 16:56 – 18:37 Cancer
- 18:37 – 20:03 Leo
- 20:03 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:01 Libra
- 23:01 – 00:56 next day Scorpio
- 00:56 – 03:11 next day Sagittarius
- 03:11 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
- 05:32 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
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