Durban panchang, 3 May 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 12:22 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
06:27 to 17:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:35
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 22:10
- Karana Gara until 15:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:10 – 00:34 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:49 – 15:51 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 – 05:34
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 09:04
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 17:50 Libra
- 17:50 – 19:45 Scorpio
- 19:45 – 22:00 Sagittarius
- 22:00 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 02:40 next day Aquarius
- 02:40 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:27 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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