Durban panchang, 5 March 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 11:44 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 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- 09:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:21 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:23 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:21
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 19:37
- Karana Taitila until 09:21, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:37 – 20:49
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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 21:38
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:50 – 21:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 21:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:21 – 05:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:38 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:51 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 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:36 Aquarius
- 06:36 – 08:54 Pisces
- 08:54 – 11:14 Aries
- 11:14 – 13:34 Taurus
- 13:34 – 15:37 Gemini
- 15:37 – 17:19 Cancer
- 17:19 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 23:37 Scorpio
- 23:37 – 01:52 next day Sagittarius
- 01:52 – 04:14 next day Capricorn
- 04:14 – 05:51 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