Durban panchang, 28 February 2025
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 05:59 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:53
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:28 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 23:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 16:37
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:53
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 – 05:02
- 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 18:28 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 23:46
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:47 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:37 Capricorn
- 04:37 – 06:56 Aquarius
- 06:56 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 11:34 Aries
- 11:34 – 13:53 Taurus
- 13:53 – 15:57 Gemini
- 15:57 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 02:12 next day Sagittarius
- 02:12 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 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