Durban panchang, 24 March 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 00:16 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 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:37
- 06:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:00 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:35 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 13:14
- Karana Vanija until 13:58, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:37
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 18:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:59 – 02:31 next day
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) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:56 – 06:03 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:21 Aquarius
- 05:21 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 12:19 Taurus
- 12:19 – 14:23 Gemini
- 14:23 – 16:04 Cancer
- 16:04 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 20:28 Libra
- 20:28 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:38 next day Sagittarius
- 00:38 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 05:17 next day Aquarius
- 05:17 – 06:03 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