Durban panchang, 7 March 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 13:57 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
05:52 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:47
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:44 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:47 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 14:44
- Karana Balava until 17:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:44 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:47
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- 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 18:21 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:02 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 11:07 Aries
- 11:07 – 13:26 Taurus
- 13:26 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 21:35 Libra
- 21:35 – 23:29 Scorpio
- 23:29 – 01:44 next day Sagittarius
- 01:44 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 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