Durban panchang, 19 February 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 22:15 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
05:40 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- 07:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:38 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:19 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 06:28 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:18
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:19 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
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. 04:12 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:38 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 07:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:40 – 05:41 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:56 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:13 Capricorn
- 05:13 – 07:31 Aquarius
- 07:31 – 09:49 Pisces
- 09:49 – 12:09 Aries
- 12:09 – 14:29 Taurus
- 14:29 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 18:14 Cancer
- 18:14 – 19:40 Leo
- 19:40 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:32 next day Scorpio
- 00:32 – 02:47 next day Sagittarius
- 02:47 – 05:09 next day Capricorn
- 05:09 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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