Durban panchang, 8 April 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 15:33 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 17:43- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:16
- 14:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:43 to 06:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:43
- Nakshatra Magha until 06:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 14:40
- Karana Vishti until 17:43, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:02 – 17:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:40 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:16
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. 04:32 – 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 17:43 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:11 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:43 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:40 Pisces
- 06:40 – 09:01 Aries
- 09:01 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 19:29 Libra
- 19:29 – 21:24 Scorpio
- 21:24 – 23:39 Sagittarius
- 23:39 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 06:12 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