Durban panchang, 29 March 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 05:51 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
06:05 to 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:57
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:56 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:54 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:09 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 18:33
- Karana Naga until 12:57, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:56 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:09 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:57
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:56 – 06:06 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. 04:28 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 07:19 Pisces
- 07:19 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 17:10 Leo
- 17:10 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 20:08 Libra
- 20:08 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 02:39 next day Capricorn
- 02:39 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:06 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