Durban panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 13:01 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 17:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:17
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:17 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:06 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 21:11
- Karana Vishti until 15:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:49 – 15:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:17
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. 04:42 – 05:35
- 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 17:17 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:28 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 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:58 Pisces
- 04:58 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 14:49 Leo
- 14:49 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 17:46 Libra
- 17:46 – 19:41 Scorpio
- 19:41 – 21:56 Sagittarius
- 21:56 – 00:18 next day Capricorn
- 00:18 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:28 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