Durban panchang, 6 May 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 14:04 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 17:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:54
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:15 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 06:50 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:59
- Karana Taitila until 17:55, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:59 – 00:35 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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:28 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:50 Pisces
- 04:50 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 16:05 Virgo
- 16:05 – 17:39 Libra
- 17:39 – 19:34 Scorpio
- 19:34 – 21:48 Sagittarius
- 21:48 – 00:10 next day Capricorn
- 00:10 – 02:28 next day Aquarius
- 02:28 – 04:46 next day Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:29 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