Durban panchang, 24 February 2025
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 01:30 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
05:44 to 18:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:20 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:59
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:33 to 05:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 10:15
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:29 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:35
- Karana Balava until 10:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:26 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:35 – 04:44 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:44 – 15:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:29 – 05:45 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. 04:15 – 04:59
- 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 18:33 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:53 Capricorn
- 04:53 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 09:29 Pisces
- 09:29 – 11:50 Aries
- 11:50 – 14:09 Taurus
- 14:09 – 16:13 Gemini
- 16:13 – 17:54 Cancer
- 17:54 – 19:20 Leo
- 19:20 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 22:18 Libra
- 22:18 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:28 next day Sagittarius
- 02:28 – 04:49 next day Capricorn
- 04:49 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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