Durban panchang, 2 March 2025
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 08:15 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
05:48 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:26
- 07:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:26 to 05:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 17:32
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:09 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 09:09
- Karana Taitila until 07:05, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:04 – 11:58
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 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 03:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:09 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:49 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
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:29 Capricorn
- 04:29 – 06:48 Aquarius
- 06:48 – 09:06 Pisces
- 09:06 – 11:26 Aries
- 11:26 – 13:45 Taurus
- 13:45 – 15:49 Gemini
- 15:49 – 17:30 Cancer
- 17:30 – 18:56 Leo
- 18:56 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 21:54 Libra
- 21:54 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 02:04 next day Sagittarius
- 02:04 – 04:25 next day Capricorn
- 04:25 – 05:49 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