Durban panchang, 21 March 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 22:20 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 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:34
- 12:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:04 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 00:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:15 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:11
- Karana Vishti until 12:09, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:11 – 15:06 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:00 – 22:15
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 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 22:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:33 Aquarius
- 05:33 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 10:11 Aries
- 10:11 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:34 Gemini
- 14:34 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 17:42 Leo
- 17:42 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 20:39 Libra
- 20:39 – 22:34 Scorpio
- 22:34 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 05:29 next day Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:01 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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