Durban panchang, 17 May 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 20:59 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 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:30
- 14:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:12 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 03:12 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:09, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:12 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 15:21 Virgo
- 15:21 – 16:55 Libra
- 16:55 – 18:50 Scorpio
- 18:50 – 21:05 Sagittarius
- 21:05 – 23:27 Capricorn
- 23:27 – 01:45 next day Aquarius
- 01:45 – 04:03 next day Pisces
- 04:03 – 06:23 next day Aries
- 06:23 – 06:36 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