Durban panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:02 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
06:02 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:02
- 14:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:02 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:08 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:48 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 14:28
- Karana Taitila until 14:07, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:28 – 01:51 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:02
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- 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 18:02 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:48 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 10:04 Aries
- 10:04 – 12:23 Taurus
- 12:23 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 17:34 Leo
- 17:34 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:41 next day Sagittarius
- 00:41 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 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