Durban panchang, 15 May 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 19:03 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
06:34 to 17:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:02
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:37 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 03:44 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:49, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:37 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 11:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:02
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. 04:47 – 05:40
- 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 17:09 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:50 – 20:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:31 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:35 Aries
- 06:35 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 12:39 Cancer
- 12:39 – 14:06 Leo
- 14:06 – 15:29 Virgo
- 15:29 – 17:03 Libra
- 17:03 – 18:58 Scorpio
- 18:58 – 21:13 Sagittarius
- 21:13 – 23:34 Capricorn
- 23:34 – 01:53 next day Aquarius
- 01:53 – 04:11 next day Pisces
- 04:11 – 06:31 next day Aries
- 06:31 – 06:35 next day Taurus
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