Durban panchang, 7 April 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 15:01 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
06:11 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:25
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:44 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:25 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:25 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:48
- Karana Gara until 16:30, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:25 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:48 – 16:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:02 – 17:43 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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 04:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 09:05 Aries
- 09:05 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 19:33 Libra
- 19:33 – 21:28 Scorpio
- 21:28 – 23:43 Sagittarius
- 23:43 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 06:11 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