Durban panchang, 22 February 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:35 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
05:42 to 18:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:22
- 08:25 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:10 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 09:49
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:10 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 08:25
- Karana Gara until 09:49, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:25 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:10 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:14 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:25 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:22
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. 04:14 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 09:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:01 Capricorn
- 05:01 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 09:37 Pisces
- 09:37 – 11:58 Aries
- 11:58 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:21 Gemini
- 16:21 – 18:02 Cancer
- 18:02 – 19:28 Leo
- 19:28 – 20:52 Virgo
- 20:52 – 22:26 Libra
- 22:26 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 05:43 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