Durban panchang, 15 March 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 18:48 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
05:57 to 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:08
- 10:29 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:11 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 11:03
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:15 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 10:29
- Karana Kaulava until 11:03, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:29 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 11:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:08
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 05:57 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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 08:14 Pisces
- 08:14 – 10:35 Aries
- 10:35 – 12:54 Taurus
- 12:54 – 14:58 Gemini
- 14:58 – 16:39 Cancer
- 16:39 – 18:05 Leo
- 18:05 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 21:03 Libra
- 21:03 – 22:58 Scorpio
- 22:58 – 01:13 next day Sagittarius
- 01:13 – 03:34 next day Capricorn
- 03:34 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 05:57 next day Pisces
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