Durban panchang, 1 April 2025
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 09:26 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
06:07 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:23
- 06:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:00 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:51 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 23:02
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:17
- Karana Vanija until 12:34, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:00 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:23
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:36 – 05:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:36 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:23 | Good |
| Rog | 16:23 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:23 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:50 Aquarius
- 04:50 – 07:08 Pisces
- 07:08 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 00:06 next day Sagittarius
- 00:06 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 04:46 next day Aquarius
- 04:46 – 06:08 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