Durban panchang, 2 April 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 10:39 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
06:08 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:26
- 09:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:50 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 20:20
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:32 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 23:19
- Karana Bava until 09:37, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:26
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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 03:32 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:32 – 06:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:32 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:46 Aquarius
- 04:46 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:43 Taurus
- 11:43 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 21:47 Scorpio
- 21:47 – 00:02 next day Sagittarius
- 00:02 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 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