Durban panchang, 15 April 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 18:50 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
06:15 to 17:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:10
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:57 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:35 to 06:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:26
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 23:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:02
- Karana Gara until 07:26, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:02 – 20:48 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. 04:34 – 05:25
- 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 17:35 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:26 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:10 | Good |
| Rog | 16:10 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:10 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:13 Pisces
- 06:13 – 08:33 Aries
- 08:33 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 12:56 Gemini
- 12:56 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 17:27 Virgo
- 17:27 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 20:56 Scorpio
- 20:56 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 01:32 next day Capricorn
- 01:32 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 06:09 next day Pisces
- 06:09 – 06:16 next day Aries
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