Durban panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 21:07 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
06:17 to 17:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:07
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:32 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:37
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:51 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 21:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:37, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:20 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:07
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:37 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:32 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 14:26 Cancer
- 14:26 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:59 Sagittarius
- 22:59 – 01:21 next day Capricorn
- 01:21 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 06:18 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