Durban panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 20:46 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
05:38 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam 17:03 – 18:41
- 09:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:41 to 05:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:46
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:01 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 05:24 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:32, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:56 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:03 – 18:41
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:24 – 07:48 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:46 – 01:01 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 – 04:54
- 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 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:38 – 22:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 01:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:03 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:24 Capricorn
- 05:24 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 10:01 Pisces
- 10:01 – 12:21 Aries
- 12:21 – 14:40 Taurus
- 14:40 – 16:44 Gemini
- 16:44 – 18:25 Cancer
- 18:25 – 19:52 Leo
- 19:52 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:59 next day Sagittarius
- 02:59 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
- 05:20 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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