Durban panchang, 3 April 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 11:48 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 17:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:28
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:51 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:49 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:11
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:21 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:31
- Karana Kaulava until 07:11, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:51 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 02:21 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:21 – 06:09 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. 04:30 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:49 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 02:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:09 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