Durban panchang, 12 April 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 17:18 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
06:14 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:47
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 14:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:10
- Karana Vishti until 13:06, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:09 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:47
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 14:37
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:37 – 06:14 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. 04:33 – 05:23
- 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 17:38 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:24 Pisces
- 06:24 – 08:45 Aries
- 08:45 – 11:04 Taurus
- 11:04 – 13:08 Gemini
- 13:08 – 14:49 Cancer
- 14:49 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 17:39 Virgo
- 17:39 – 19:13 Libra
- 19:13 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:44 next day Capricorn
- 01:44 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 06:14 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