Durban panchang, 27 April 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 05:46 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
06:23 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:38 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:23
- 11:26 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:23 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 20:49
- Karana Chatushpada until 11:26, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:26 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 21:08 – 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. 04:39 – 05:31
- 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 17:23 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 21:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:38 | Good |
| Rog | 14:38 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:38 | Good |
| Char | 20:38 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 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
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 07:46 Aries
- 07:46 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:14 Libra
- 18:14 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:45 next day Capricorn
- 00:45 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 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