Durban panchang, 15 February 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 20:20 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
05:37 to 18:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:37 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 05:37 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:25
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:41 to 05:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 04:35 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:19, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:37 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:35 – 06:35 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:37 – 22:09
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:09 – 05:38 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. 04:10 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:22 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:41 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 10:04 Pisces
- 10:04 – 12:25 Aries
- 12:25 – 14:44 Taurus
- 14:44 – 16:48 Gemini
- 16:48 – 18:29 Cancer
- 18:29 – 19:55 Leo
- 19:55 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 22:53 Libra
- 22:53 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 03:03 next day Sagittarius
- 03:03 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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