Durban panchang, 14 March 2025
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:23 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
05:56 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:40
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:26 Moon enters Virgo
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:12 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:24 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 09:53
- Karana Bava until 08:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:26 Moon enters Virgo
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:53 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:41 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:34 – 05:49 next day
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 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:12 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:54 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:01 Aquarius
- 06:01 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 10:39 Aries
- 10:39 – 12:58 Taurus
- 12:58 – 15:02 Gemini
- 15:02 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:07 Libra
- 21:07 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 03:38 next day Capricorn
- 03:38 – 05:57 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