Durban panchang, 30 March 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 07:01 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:53
- 09:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:05 Moon enters Aries
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:53 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:19
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 14:23
- Karana Bava until 09:19, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:05 Moon enters Aries
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:23 – 10:15 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:53
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 17:53 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:05 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:06 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:35 – 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
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 07:15 Pisces
- 07:15 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 13:59 Gemini
- 13:59 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:04 Libra
- 20:04 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:06 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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