Durban panchang, 13 May 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 17:29 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
06:33 to 17:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:51
- 08:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:10 to 06:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:06
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:17 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 03:03 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:51
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. 04:46 – 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 17:10 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:51 | Good |
| Rog | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:13 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:43 Aries
- 06:43 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 12:47 Cancer
- 12:47 – 14:13 Leo
- 14:13 – 15:37 Virgo
- 15:37 – 17:11 Libra
- 17:11 – 19:06 Scorpio
- 19:06 – 21:21 Sagittarius
- 21:21 – 23:42 Capricorn
- 23:42 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 04:19 next day Pisces
- 04:19 – 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