Durban panchang, 5 May 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 13:35 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
06:28 to 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:06
- 10:31 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:31 Moon enters Leo
- 16:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:16 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 05:09 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:49
- Karana Balava until 16:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:31 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:31 Moon enters Leo
- 16:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:06
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:58 – 10:07
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 17:16 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:31 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:54 Pisces
- 04:54 – 07:15 Aries
- 07:15 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 17:43 Libra
- 17:43 – 19:38 Scorpio
- 19:38 – 21:52 Sagittarius
- 21:52 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:28 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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