Durban panchang, 22 March 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 23:15 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
06:01 to 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:01 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 15:02
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:06 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:03 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:06
- Karana Balava until 13:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:06 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:02
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 18:03 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:53 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:01 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 12:27 Taurus
- 12:27 – 14:30 Gemini
- 14:30 – 16:12 Cancer
- 16:12 – 17:38 Leo
- 17:38 – 19:01 Virgo
- 19:01 – 20:36 Libra
- 20:36 – 22:30 Scorpio
- 22:30 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 05:25 next day Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:02 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