Durban panchang, 1 March 2025
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 07:07 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 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:47 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:17
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 10:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:27 to 05:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:39
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:54
- Karana Balava until 10:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 10:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:17
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:29 – 05:48 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. 04:17 – 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 18:27 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:47 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:33 Capricorn
- 04:33 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 11:30 Aries
- 11:30 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 15:53 Gemini
- 15:53 – 17:34 Cancer
- 17:34 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 20:24 Virgo
- 20:24 – 21:58 Libra
- 21:58 – 23:53 Scorpio
- 23:53 – 02:08 next day Sagittarius
- 02:08 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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