Durban panchang, 4 March 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 10:33 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
05:50 to 18:24- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:50
- 11:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:24 to 05:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 11:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 22:36
- Karana Balava until 11:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:36 – 19:37 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. 04:18 – 05:04
- 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 18:24 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 15:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:07 – 05:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:07 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:24 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:21 Capricorn
- 04:21 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:58 Pisces
- 08:58 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:37 Taurus
- 13:37 – 15:41 Gemini
- 15:41 – 17:22 Cancer
- 17:22 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:56 next day Sagittarius
- 01:56 – 04:18 next day Capricorn
- 04:18 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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