Durban panchang, 5 April 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 13:41 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 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:52
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:46 to 06:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:50 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:33
- Karana Bava until 15:56, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:55 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:50 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:52
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 – 05:20
- 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 17:46 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:56 – 06:10 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:02 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:34 Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:52 Pisces
- 06:52 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 19:41 Libra
- 19:41 – 21:35 Scorpio
- 21:35 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 06:10 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