Durban panchang, 10 April 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 16:27 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
06:12 to 17:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 08:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:34 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:40 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:31 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:31
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:28
- Karana Kaulava until 08:26, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:31 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:54 – 06:13 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. 04:32 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:54 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:32 Pisces
- 06:32 – 08:53 Aries
- 08:53 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:16 Gemini
- 13:16 – 14:57 Cancer
- 14:57 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 19:21 Libra
- 19:21 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:31 Sagittarius
- 23:31 – 01:52 next day Capricorn
- 01:52 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 06:13 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