Durban panchang, 3 March 2025
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 09:23 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
05:49 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:54
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:25 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:32
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:59 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 01:54 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:32, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:54
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 – 05:03
- 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 18:25 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:59 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:49 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:25 Capricorn
- 04:25 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 09:02 Pisces
- 09:02 – 11:22 Aries
- 11:22 – 13:41 Taurus
- 13:41 – 15:45 Gemini
- 15:45 – 17:26 Cancer
- 17:26 – 18:53 Leo
- 18:53 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 04:21 next day Capricorn
- 04:21 – 05:50 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