Durban panchang, 14 May 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 18:13 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:10 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:17 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 03:31 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:05, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
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 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:33 – 08:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 08:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 22:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:34 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 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:39 Aries
- 06:39 – 08:58 Taurus
- 08:58 – 11:02 Gemini
- 11:02 – 12:43 Cancer
- 12:43 – 14:09 Leo
- 14:09 – 15:33 Virgo
- 15:33 – 17:07 Libra
- 17:07 – 19:02 Scorpio
- 19:02 – 21:17 Sagittarius
- 21:17 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 01:57 next day Aquarius
- 01:57 – 04:15 next day Pisces
- 04:15 – 06:34 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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