Durban panchang, 1 May 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 10:36 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 17:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:08
- 07:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:19 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:54, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:08
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 10:50
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:50 – 06:26 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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 10:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:54 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:58 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:10 Pisces
- 05:10 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 16:24 Virgo
- 16:24 – 17:58 Libra
- 17:58 – 19:53 Scorpio
- 19:53 – 22:08 Sagittarius
- 22:08 – 00:29 next day Capricorn
- 00:29 – 02:48 next day Aquarius
- 02:48 – 05:06 next day Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:26 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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