Durban panchang, 18 February 2025
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 21:42 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 18:39- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:01
- 06:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 06:21
- Karana Gara until 14:44, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:21 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:01
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 18:39 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:01 | Good |
| Rog | 17:01 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:17 Capricorn
- 05:17 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 09:53 Pisces
- 09:53 – 12:13 Aries
- 12:13 – 14:33 Taurus
- 14:33 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 19:44 Leo
- 19:44 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 22:41 Libra
- 22:41 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
- 05:13 – 05:40 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