Durban panchang, 8 March 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 14:54 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 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:13
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:19 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 04:15 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 12:54
- Karana Taitila until 16:27, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 16:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:13
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 18:19 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:24 Aquarius
- 06:24 – 08:42 Pisces
- 08:42 – 11:03 Aries
- 11:03 – 13:22 Taurus
- 13:22 – 15:25 Gemini
- 15:25 – 17:07 Cancer
- 17:07 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 04:02 next day Capricorn
- 04:02 – 05:53 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