Durban panchang, 25 April 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 03:27 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
06:22 to 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 16:02
- 08:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:25 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:15
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:57 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 09:00
- Karana Taitila until 08:15, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:00 – 05:11 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:58 – 15:11 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:11 – 06:23 next day
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 – 05:30
- 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 17:25 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:57 – 06:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:57 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:33 Pisces
- 05:33 – 07:54 Aries
- 07:54 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 18:22 Libra
- 18:22 – 20:17 Scorpio
- 20:17 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 05:29 next day Pisces
- 05:29 – 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