Durban panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 01:16 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
06:20 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:17
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:27 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:37 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 15:21
- Karana Vishti until 13:13, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:04 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:17
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:20 – 08:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:07 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:08 – 12:06
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. 04:37 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:41 Pisces
- 05:41 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 10:21 Taurus
- 10:21 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:25 Scorpio
- 20:25 – 22:40 Sagittarius
- 22:40 – 01:01 next day Capricorn
- 01:01 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 05:37 next day Pisces
- 05:37 – 06:21 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