Durban panchang, 26 April 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 04:35 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 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:22 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:38
- 15:11 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:24 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:08 next day Moon enters Aries
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:05 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:11, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:11 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:08 next day Moon enters Aries
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:58 – 15:11
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:38
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:22 – 00:08 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 17:24 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 01:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:22 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 16:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:01 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 15:20 Leo
- 15:20 – 16:44 Virgo
- 16:44 – 18:18 Libra
- 18:18 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:28 Sagittarius
- 22:28 – 00:49 next day Capricorn
- 00:49 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 05:25 next day Pisces
- 05:25 – 06:23 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