Durban panchang, 16 May 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 19:59 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
06:35 to 17:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:49
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 01:44 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:37 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 03:38 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:11, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:49
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 – 05:41
- 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
| Char | 06:35 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:31 Aries
- 06:31 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 15:25 Virgo
- 15:25 – 16:59 Libra
- 16:59 – 18:54 Scorpio
- 18:54 – 21:09 Sagittarius
- 21:09 – 23:31 Capricorn
- 23:31 – 01:49 next day Aquarius
- 01:49 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 06:27 next day Aries
- 06:27 – 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