Durban panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 21:12 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
05:39 to 18:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:03
- 12:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:32 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:40 to 05:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 01:23 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:05 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 06:21 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:04, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:32 Moon enters Libra
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:03
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:39 – 04:05 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:19 – 16:36
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- 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 18:40 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:05 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:40 | Good |
| Char | 18:40 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:20 Capricorn
- 05:20 – 07:39 Aquarius
- 07:39 – 09:57 Pisces
- 09:57 – 12:17 Aries
- 12:17 – 14:36 Taurus
- 14:36 – 16:40 Gemini
- 16:40 – 18:21 Cancer
- 18:21 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 22:45 Libra
- 22:45 – 00:40 next day Scorpio
- 00:40 – 02:55 next day Sagittarius
- 02:55 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
- 05:17 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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