Durban panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 19:43 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
05:58 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 16:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:09 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 16:03
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:15
- Karana Vishti until 16:03, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 16:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:15 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 11:17
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- 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 18:09 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:49 Aquarius
- 05:49 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 10:27 Aries
- 10:27 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 14:50 Gemini
- 14:50 – 16:31 Cancer
- 16:31 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 19:21 Virgo
- 19:21 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 01:05 next day Sagittarius
- 01:05 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
- 05:45 – 05:59 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