Durban panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 16:51 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
06:32 to 17:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:03
Night
17:11 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:55
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:39 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 02:22 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:55, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:03
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:22 – 14:43 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. 04:45 – 05:39
- 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 17:11 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:11 | Good |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:47 Aries
- 06:47 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:10 Gemini
- 11:10 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 15:41 Virgo
- 15:41 – 17:15 Libra
- 17:15 – 19:10 Scorpio
- 19:10 – 21:25 Sagittarius
- 21:25 – 23:46 Capricorn
- 23:46 – 02:05 next day Aquarius
- 02:05 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 06:33 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