Durban panchang, 27 March 2025
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 03:35 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
06:04 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:04 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:34
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:57 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:33
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:26 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:57, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:33 – 06:02 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 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:04 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 07:27 Pisces
- 07:27 – 09:48 Aries
- 09:48 – 12:07 Taurus
- 12:07 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 17:18 Leo
- 17:18 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:16 Libra
- 20:16 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:47 next day Capricorn
- 02:47 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:05 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