Durban panchang, 9 March 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 15:43 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
05:53 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:18
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:15 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:18 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:15 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:28
- Karana Vanija until 16:11, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:15 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:11 – 04:15 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:18
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 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:25 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 08:38 Pisces
- 08:38 – 10:59 Aries
- 10:59 – 13:18 Taurus
- 13:18 – 15:22 Gemini
- 15:22 – 17:03 Cancer
- 17:03 – 18:29 Leo
- 18:29 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 21:27 Libra
- 21:27 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:37 next day Sagittarius
- 01:37 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:54 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