Durban panchang, 24 April 2025
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 02:21 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
06:21 to 17:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:21 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:13
- 07:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:26 to 06:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:02
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 12:25
- Karana Balava until 11:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:13
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:21 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:03 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:03 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:37 Pisces
- 05:37 – 07:58 Aries
- 07:58 – 10:17 Taurus
- 10:17 – 12:21 Gemini
- 12:21 – 14:02 Cancer
- 14:02 – 15:28 Leo
- 15:28 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 18:26 Libra
- 18:26 – 20:21 Scorpio
- 20:21 – 22:36 Sagittarius
- 22:36 – 00:57 next day Capricorn
- 00:57 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 05:33 next day Pisces
- 05:33 – 06:22 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