Durban panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:29 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
06:19 to 17:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:15
- 09:07 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:30
- Karana Kaulava until 15:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:07 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 10:45
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 – 05:28
- 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 17:29 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:07 – 06:20 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:45 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:29 | Good |
| Char | 17:29 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 15:40 Leo
- 15:40 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 18:38 Libra
- 18:38 – 20:33 Scorpio
- 20:33 – 22:47 Sagittarius
- 22:47 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 06:20 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