Durban panchang, 27 February 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 04:51 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
05:46 to 18:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:46 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:57
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:07 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:30 to 05:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 02:44 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 20:10
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:07, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:07 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:57
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 02:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:46 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:47 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
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:41 Capricorn
- 04:41 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 11:38 Aries
- 11:38 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:01 Gemini
- 16:01 – 17:42 Cancer
- 17:42 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:37 next day Capricorn
- 04:37 – 05:47 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