Durban panchang, 11 March 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 16:59 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 18:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:43
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:16 to 05:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:45 Moon enters Leo
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:47
- Karana Kaulava until 17:09, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:45 Moon enters Leo
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:43
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 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 22:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 05:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:45 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:27 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:43 | Good |
| Rog | 16:43 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:43 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:27 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 08:30 Pisces
- 08:30 – 10:51 Aries
- 10:51 – 13:10 Taurus
- 13:10 – 15:14 Gemini
- 15:14 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 18:21 Leo
- 18:21 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 21:19 Libra
- 21:19 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:50 next day Capricorn
- 03:50 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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