Durban panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 23:07 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
06:18 to 17:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:30
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:30 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 15:31
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 20:42
- Karana Bava until 15:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:30
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 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 08:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:18 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 06:19 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 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:53 Pisces
- 05:53 – 08:14 Aries
- 08:14 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 15:44 Leo
- 15:44 – 17:07 Virgo
- 17:07 – 18:42 Libra
- 18:42 – 20:36 Scorpio
- 20:36 – 22:51 Sagittarius
- 22:51 – 01:13 next day Capricorn
- 01:13 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 05:49 next day Pisces
- 05:49 – 06:19 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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