Durban panchang, 29 April 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 08:15 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 15:59
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:17 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:21 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:01
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:01, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:17 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:59
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 15:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:01 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:24 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 15:59 | Good |
| Rog | 15:59 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 07:38 Aries
- 07:38 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:01 Gemini
- 12:01 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:08 Leo
- 15:08 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:06 Libra
- 18:06 – 20:01 Scorpio
- 20:01 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:25 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