Durban panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 19:29 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
06:16 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:20
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:34 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:47
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:25 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:48
- Karana Vishti until 09:47, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:20
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:16 – 02:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 02:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:48 Taurus
- 10:48 – 12:52 Gemini
- 12:52 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 18:57 Libra
- 18:57 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 23:07 Sagittarius
- 23:07 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:17 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