Durban panchang, 8 May 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 14:56 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
06:30 to 17:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:05
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:14 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:26 Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 22:26
- Karana Vishti until 08:59, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:26 Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:52 – 21:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:26 – 23:38
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:30 – 17:36
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. 04:44 – 05:37
- 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 17:14 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:53 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:53 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 07:03 Aries
- 07:03 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 17:31 Libra
- 17:31 – 19:26 Scorpio
- 19:26 – 21:41 Sagittarius
- 21:41 – 00:02 next day Capricorn
- 00:02 – 02:21 next day Aquarius
- 02:21 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 06:30 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