Durban panchang, 25 May 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 04:33 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
06:40 to 17:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:04
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:36
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:04
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:31 – 05:55 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:42 – 04:53 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. 04:51 – 05:46
- 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 17:04 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 07:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:56 Aries
- 05:56 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 13:26 Leo
- 13:26 – 14:50 Virgo
- 14:50 – 16:24 Libra
- 16:24 – 18:19 Scorpio
- 18:19 – 20:34 Sagittarius
- 20:34 – 22:55 Capricorn
- 22:55 – 01:14 next day Aquarius
- 01:14 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:52 next day Aries
- 05:52 – 06:41 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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