Durban panchang, 19 April 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 22:05 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
06:18 to 17:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:42
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:31 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 14:52
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 21:22
- Karana Vanija until 14:52, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:42
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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 17:31 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 18:45 Libra
- 18:45 – 20:40 Scorpio
- 20:40 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 03:35 next day Aquarius
- 03:35 – 05:53 next day Pisces
- 05:53 – 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