Durban panchang, 29 May 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 09:18 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 09:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:03 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:48 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:48
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 12:16
- Karana Taitila until 09:02, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 19:08 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:16 – 14:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 19:08
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. 04:53 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:08 – 06:43 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:08 – 06:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:08 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:40 Aries
- 05:40 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:03 Gemini
- 10:03 – 11:44 Cancer
- 11:44 – 13:10 Leo
- 13:10 – 14:34 Virgo
- 14:34 – 16:08 Libra
- 16:08 – 18:03 Scorpio
- 18:03 – 20:18 Sagittarius
- 20:18 – 22:39 Capricorn
- 22:39 – 00:58 next day Aquarius
- 00:58 – 03:16 next day Pisces
- 03:16 – 05:36 next day Aries
- 05:36 – 06:43 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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