Durban panchang, 25 February 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 02:35 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
05:45 to 18:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:20 – 16:56
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:32 to 05:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:20 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:17
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 02:20 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:17, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:20 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:20 – 12:54 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:45 – 15:00
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 – 05:00
- 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 18:32 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:17 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:20 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:32 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:49 Capricorn
- 04:49 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 14:05 Taurus
- 14:05 – 16:09 Gemini
- 16:09 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 19:16 Leo
- 19:16 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:45 next day Capricorn
- 04:45 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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