Durban panchang, 20 May 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:06 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
06:37 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:48
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:06 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 23:20
- Karana Balava until 13:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:20 – 21:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 16:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:02 – 06:38 next day
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- 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 17:06 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 01:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:37 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:16 Aries
- 06:16 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:20 Cancer
- 12:20 – 13:46 Leo
- 13:46 – 15:10 Virgo
- 15:10 – 16:44 Libra
- 16:44 – 18:39 Scorpio
- 18:39 – 20:53 Sagittarius
- 20:53 – 23:15 Capricorn
- 23:15 – 01:33 next day Aquarius
- 01:33 – 03:51 next day Pisces
- 03:51 – 06:12 next day Aries
- 06:12 – 06:38 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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