Durban panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 17:29 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
05:55 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:37
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:15 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:30
- Karana Gara until 18:21, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:37
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. 04:22 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 00:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:09 Aquarius
- 06:09 – 08:26 Pisces
- 08:26 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 13:06 Taurus
- 13:06 – 15:10 Gemini
- 15:10 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 21:15 Libra
- 21:15 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:25 next day Sagittarius
- 01:25 – 03:46 next day Capricorn
- 03:46 – 05:55 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