Durban panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 11:34 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
06:26 to 17:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:57
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:34 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:49
- Karana Kaulava until 16:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:57
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:49 – 01:49 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 17:18 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 04:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:34 – 06:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:34 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:18 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 17:54 Libra
- 17:54 – 19:49 Scorpio
- 19:49 – 22:04 Sagittarius
- 22:04 – 00:26 next day Capricorn
- 00:26 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:27 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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