Durban panchang, 25 March 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 01:21 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
06:03 to 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:30
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 06:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:15 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 11:23
- Karana Bava until 13:01, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:19 – 06:03 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. 04:27 – 05:15
- 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 17:59 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:03 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:17 Aquarius
- 05:17 – 07:35 Pisces
- 07:35 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 12:15 Taurus
- 12:15 – 14:19 Gemini
- 14:19 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 17:26 Leo
- 17:26 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:34 next day Sagittarius
- 00:34 – 02:55 next day Capricorn
- 02:55 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 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