Durban panchang, 13 April 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 17:45 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 17:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:37
- 15:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:37 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:40 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:09 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 04:55 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:40 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:09
- Karana Balava until 15:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:40 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:09 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:09 – 19:21
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 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:40 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:37 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 06:15 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 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 11:00 Taurus
- 11:00 – 13:04 Gemini
- 13:04 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 19:09 Libra
- 19:09 – 21:04 Scorpio
- 21:04 – 23:19 Sagittarius
- 23:19 – 01:40 next day Capricorn
- 01:40 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 06:15 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