Durban panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 22:02 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
06:36 to 17:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:07
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:07 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:42 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 02:22 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:07
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 17:07 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 15:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:22 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:43 Taurus
- 08:43 – 10:46 Gemini
- 10:46 – 12:28 Cancer
- 12:28 – 13:54 Leo
- 13:54 – 15:17 Virgo
- 15:17 – 16:51 Libra
- 16:51 – 18:46 Scorpio
- 18:46 – 21:01 Sagittarius
- 21:01 – 23:23 Capricorn
- 23:23 – 01:41 next day Aquarius
- 01:41 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 06:20 next day Aries
- 06:20 – 06:37 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