Durban panchang, 20 March 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 21:31 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
06:00 to 18:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:40
- 10:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:05 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:01 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 14:49
- Karana Gara until 10:14, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:40
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:01 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:35 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 10:15 Aries
- 10:15 – 12:35 Taurus
- 12:35 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 17:46 Leo
- 17:46 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 20:43 Libra
- 20:43 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:00 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