Durban panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 20:50 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 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:34
- 07:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:06 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:07 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:07
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 14:07
- Karana Kaulava until 07:55, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:07 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:07 – 15:19
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:06 – 20:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:20 – 06:00 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:20 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:00 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 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 10:19 Aries
- 10:19 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 16:23 Cancer
- 16:23 – 17:50 Leo
- 17:50 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:00 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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