Durban panchang, 10 March 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 16:24 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
05:54 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:48
- 10:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:21 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 10:26
- Karana Bava until 16:26, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:21 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:26 – 12:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:48
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. 04:21 – 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 18:17 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 21:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 10:55 Aries
- 10:55 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:18 Gemini
- 15:18 – 16:59 Cancer
- 16:59 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 21:23 Libra
- 21:23 – 23:18 Scorpio
- 23:18 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 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