Durban panchang, 18 March 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 20:14 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
05:59 to 18:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:37
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:08 to 05:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:39
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:13
- Karana Balava until 18:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:37
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 10:23 Aries
- 10:23 – 12:42 Taurus
- 12:42 – 14:46 Gemini
- 14:46 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 01:01 next day Sagittarius
- 01:01 – 03:22 next day Capricorn
- 03:22 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
- 05:41 – 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