Durban panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 19:14 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 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:10
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:10 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Moon enters Libra
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:28
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:15 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:18
- Karana Gara until 13:28, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:45 Moon enters Libra
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:10
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) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:57 – 08:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 08:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:58 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 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 10:31 Aries
- 10:31 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 14:54 Gemini
- 14:54 – 16:35 Cancer
- 16:35 – 18:01 Leo
- 18:01 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 05:58 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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