Durban panchang, 30 April 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 09:28 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
06:25 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:14
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:20 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:42
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:31
- Karana Gara until 10:42, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:31 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:20 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 12:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:48 – 06:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:48 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:14 Pisces
- 05:14 – 07:34 Aries
- 07:34 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 11:57 Gemini
- 11:57 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 16:28 Virgo
- 16:28 – 18:02 Libra
- 18:02 – 19:57 Scorpio
- 19:57 – 22:12 Sagittarius
- 22:12 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 05:10 next day Pisces
- 05:10 – 06:25 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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