Durban panchang, 6 March 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 12:53 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
05:51 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:51 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:22 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:21
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:35 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:59
- Karana Vanija until 07:21, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 20:35
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:35 – 05:52 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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:25 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:32 Aquarius
- 06:32 – 08:50 Pisces
- 08:50 – 11:10 Aries
- 11:10 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:33 Gemini
- 15:33 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 18:41 Leo
- 18:41 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:33 Scorpio
- 23:33 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:52 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