Durban panchang, 4 April 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 12:49 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
06:09 to 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:20
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:47 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:50 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:15
- Karana Vanija until 16:43, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:20
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:15 – 20:39
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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:50 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:38 Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:36 Taurus
- 11:36 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 15:21 Cancer
- 15:21 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 21:39 Scorpio
- 21:39 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 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